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DIII $_ A Billboard Publication The International Musicoar -Record -Tape Newsweekly August 2, 1975 $1.50 New Disks Previewed Returns Via Fresh Faces Spark On Billboard Program 1 -Stop Buys Hearings -A new syndi- Lundy, a nationally -known air per- Irk Distribs By House cated radio show aimed at exposing sonality who has worked at such ra- By IS HOROWITZ new recorded product -specifically dio stations as WNBC in New York NEW new releases -has been launched by and other major markets like WLS YORK -Heightened activ- Billboard. ity by national one -stops has distrib- On Record Royalty in Chicago, KILT in Houston and utors screening dealer returns with The hour show -"Hitbound ... KFRC in . In 1974 new By MILDRED HALL From Billboard " -is being offered to Lundy won an award as Major Mar- and often skeptical attention. Indie distributors, especially, are Electronics Show stations now, reports Lee Zhito, edi- ket Air Personality of the Year, WASHINGTON -For the first reporting that a significant number tor -in -chief and publisher. It is presented at Billboard's Inter- time in a 10 -year legislative battle of retailers are returning more prod- being marketed by Audio /Video national Radio Programming Fo- Scores In Russia between the record industry and uct than their purchases might indi- Programming, Los Angeles, for a rum, Plaza Hotel, New York. By VADIM YURCHENKOV broadcasters over the issue of per- cate as reasonable. What's happen- September debut. Among the first stations in the formance royalty for sound record- ing, they say, is that stores are MOSCOW -The recent Commu- The show is hosted by Steve (Continued on page 10) ings, there were new faces and a dra- returning to authorized wholesalers nication '75 (SVJAZ '75) was prob- matic shift in emphasis at a House unsold quantities of records and ably the largest showcase of inter- subcommittee hearing on the record tapes purchased originally from national consumer electronics ever royalty last week. WEA Intl Preps European Meetings one -stops. held in Russia. Some 300 companies By ELIOT TIEGEL Key to the situation is the low from 24 countries presented new The powerful AFL -CIO and its LOS ANGELES -WEA Inter- which will involve salesmen and prices one -stops are asking, substan- product at the Sokolniki exhibition artist unions joined strongly with the national unveils six "regional" prod- others related to the WEA company tially under the figures full- service hall. record industry to support a record uct meetings starting Sept. 2 in Co- owned operations in England, Can- distributors can meet. And a one - Consumer electronics items royalty bill. At the same time, em- widely displayed included radios, the earnings of penhagen -the first time the - ada, South , Australia, Ger- stop sale is also a one -way sale; there phasis shifted from year -old company has used the trav- many, , Holland, and is no provision for returns. Cash phonographs, tape hardware, audio top hit artists to the rights of thou- eling road show concept made suc- Japan, plus licensees. payment, too, is normally required and studio equipment from East and sands of lesser known backup musi- cessful by American Warner Bros. In the past, WEA International by these one -stops, while distribu- West , Japan, the U.S., cians and singers whose contrib- Records. held local sales meetings involving tors must furnish credit and accept Russia and such Eastern Europe uting creativity does not earn royalty "It's a bicycle trip," explains Phil the management of company -owned returns. countries as , Hun- from either record sales, or from the Rose, executive vice president, add- firms and licensees. Several hundred Current $6.98 LPs are being of- gary and Finland. thousands of radio plays of their ing that for the first time WEA Inter- persons are slated to view videotape fered by some one stops as low as The USSR area was the largest at performances that enrich broad- national is conducting meetings (Continued on page 12) (Continued on page 12) (Continued on page 36) casters. (Continued on page 10)

Gigs In Las Vegas Lounges Drop Off By HANFORI) SEARL LAS VEGAS -Casino lounge "The high cost of entertainment showrooms, long a training has become prohibitive," says a ho- springboard for new Strip stars, re- tel spokesman. "The baccarat tables main an uncertain hotel commodity will be moved into the lounge area." as talent costs soar. A small combo package will be of- A majority of major hotel oper- fered in one of the nearby open bars. ations report lounge cutbacks and Both Caesars Palace and the Riv- closings. The MGM Grand Hotel iera dropped lounge acts several will close the 400 -capacity Lion's years ago as entertainment costs Den Nov. 1 after headlining such raced out -of- sight. "We were the acts as Lou Rawls, David Frye, first major hotel to eliminate lounges Roger Williams and The Platters. (Continued on page 26) Dealers Importing `Q' LPs And Tapes By STEPHEN I'RAIMAN NEW YORK -There's a small but ranges from SQ titles on the EMI growing demand for imported 4- group of labels in England, France WARNING "JAWS" is surfacing. It's pushing to the top, about to break ou . GARY WRIGHT, the keyboard /vocal /writing mainspring of Spooky Tooth, disks which un- and Germany, Decca / QS There have been countless in- reports of "Music From The Original channel and tapes has made the solo of his dreams, The Dream Weaver, which is derlines the complaint that the cur- product in France and the U.K.; Motion Picture Soundtrack 'Jaws'' " heard throughout the country. People racking up well- deserved FM breakouts as you read this. On Warner Bros. are terrified in their own homes. Radio stations are reporting overwhelming rent U.S. catalog of close to 1,000 ti- Erato in Japan in CD -4 and by records and tapes (BS 2868). (Advertisement) response. Be prepared. A number one best selling novel tore through to tles in SQ and QS matrix, and CD -4 Electrola in SQ in Germany, to JVC

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www.americanradiohistory.com General News 3 row AT CBS CONVENTION Aggressive Posture TITO PUENTE CONVINCED N.Y. a Latin Hotbed But New Urged By Yetnikoff By JIM MELANSON Dance Needed To Capture U.S. TORONTO -If CBS Records is to "style and integrity," for the CBS la- LOS ANGELES -Latin music is August when it plays the Bastille take advantage of the economic cli- bel family. a hotbed of activity in the New Club, a jazz room in Houston. mate and "not fall victim to it," the Citing the recent signings of such York City area, but it needs a new Puente finds that the West Coast's label cannot afford to "rest on its acts as the Jackson Five, Stephen dance craze in order to spark na- Mexican population likes his mu- past laurels," some 800-plus staffers Stills and Phoebe Snow (all wooed tional interest. sic because of the Cuban rhythms. Tito Puente, the veteran Latin gathered here last week for their an- from the competition) as "indicative Although he's bandleader, currently in his 23d been coming nual convention were told. West 15 year in show business, adds that years, a recent concert Making the rally call was Group Additional stories on the CBS here did poorly because the pro- president Walter Yetnikoff, recently convention appear on page 14 while there is good Latin interest in such cities as Boston, Washington, moters did not advertise the show named to succeed retired Goddard effectively, Puente believes. Lieberson. of our current posture and future di- D.C., Chicago, Miami, Los An- The majority of Puente's time is Yetnikoff, rection," Yetnikoff said "we geles, , Cleveland, aiming at those label that spent playing for dances. And this have the tools and I know we have San Francisco, Phoenix and Tuc- critics who have been taking pokes saddens him because he would at CBS (mainly the guts." son, for example, the lack of a ma- Columbia) for "liv- prefer a concert situation. But ing off the He emphasized both the broad jor Latin dance ala the mambo or past" in the area of talent there aren't enough artists, he con- acquisition, spectrum of signings to CBS in the cha cha cha has hindered the stressed the need for a tends, to "present listenable con- new "aggressive" posture, with (Continued on page 14) growth of Latin music. But Puente sees signs of resur- certs. There aren't that many gence despite the lack of a new heavy names in Latin to present a Latin dance. He is working big concert." gigs a week in the New York area Besides himself, only Machito Programming Evaluations Billboard photo by Bonnie Tiegel with his ( "I feel like I'm starting all over orchestra carries the ban- Tito Puente: he plays mambos, cha for again ") and he is set to discuss a ner big band Latin jazz. Puente chas and jazz and finds young records one LP a year for Tico, A Feature Of Radio Forum people dig it concert with which all. pointing out he has already cut 85 By CLAUDE HALL will feature and for RCA and Tico, with several of LOS ANGELES -Radio station them. Everyone in the workshop au- Puente playing each other's com- doesn't develop any dances, he his old RCA titles still selling in program directors and general man- dience will hear the airchecks being positions. sadly admits, because it's always Latin America. agers -maybe even some record in- played and see the composite read- Puente says the lack of contact been a "copy of Cuban and New Puente finds that his audience is dustry executives -attending the out of information on television with Cuba where all the popular York music." comprised more and more of eighth annual International Radio monitors installed in the room. "The Latin dances were developed has Puente's jazz- oriented band young people, steered to him by Programming Forum in San Fran- monitors will display the combined hurt the Latin market. Puerto Rico breaks ground the first week of (Continued on page 55) cisco Aug. 13 -16 will be tested for audience reaction instantly," says their reactions to many of the station Stone. airchecks submitted in the Station Various formats will be used in Of The Year awards competition. the demonstration, as well as sta- Sebastian Stone, one of the Cap Puts ItA!! One Roof part- tions from both large and small mar- By BOB KIRSCH ners in Entertainment Response kets and some of these will be the en- LOS ANGELES -The opening of printouts back to the sources. The Analysis, San Francisco, will pick tries in the Station Of The Year When you become a national com- Capitol Records' new 105,000 - plants also have satellites, but they out 20 persons from the audience in competition. Stone's firm specializes pany." he says, "there is always a po- square foot distribution center here are a bit more high powered." tential time lag. The a special workshop session and test (Continued on page 22) computer marks the first time the firm's central Robertson stresses that the corn - makes it seem as if everyone is in the computer operation, local ware- puter allows all field personnel to next office. Business And The housing and local sales force have have "the same `age' of information. (Continued on page 59) Economy- been housed under one roof. And according to John Dietz, distribu- Music City Thriving tion center manager, this allows for COUNTRY "a daily personal contact between 3 U.K. Companies the computer, sales and distribution CHARTS LED After a Losing staffs that helps enormously in day - Year to-day operations." BY CHICANOS Hike Disks -Tapes By DAVE DEXTER JR. Both Dietz and Bill Robertson, di- NASHVILLE rector management information -Chicano power in This is another in a continuing reau. At its El Toro store no musical the field was never As Much As 20% services, stress the firm's computer series devoted to various facets of , TV or audio gear are more in evidence than this week in By PETER JONES operation is proving invaluable in industry and how each is facing the stocked. Billboard's Country Chart. such areas as warehousing, sales, LONDON -Three record com- state of the economy. The number one and two artists "We are confident that the econ- distribution, contact with in panies here have announced price retailers the listings are Johnny Rodriguez LOS ANGELES -It is something omy has bottomed -out and that and in increases effective Aug. 1. They are even areas one does not gen- and . of a paradox that Clyde Wallichs' business will slowly improve," says erally associate with comput- Rodriguez was RCA, Bell /Arista and EMI and the Wallichs, the first to emerge a few years ago, chain of eight Music City retail 58, who took over Music erization, such as keeping track of rises range from an average of 411 doing his country songs in both Eng- stores in Southern en- City in 1949 from his late brother artists on the road and past perform- percent in the case of RCA, to 20 lish and Spanish. Fender followed joyed a substantially better year in Glenn E. Wallichs when there was ances of label acts. percent in the case of EMI. suite in his "Until The 1974 -75, when the nation's economy but one store -a Hollywood land- have Next Tear- In a letter to retailers, EMI man- "We distribution centers in drop Falls" smash, nosedived, than the previous year. mark at Sunset and Vine. Atlanta, Miami, Detroit, Dallas, which went to aging director Gerry Oord ascribes No. 1. Now he is moving toward that "Oddly," says Wallichs, "our sales "This fall I anticipate business to Bethlehem, Pa., Niles, Ill. and here," the necessity for the increases to "the dipped noticeably but we managed be much better than in recent spot again with "Wasted Days And serious impact of cost escalation," says Dietz, "as well as manufac- Wasted Nights." to come out in the black solidly. months but I don't expect it to be turing facilities in Winchester, Va., and explanatory letters from the Rodriguez has Right now Music City is grossing smashing. We are yet a way from Jacksonville, scored mostly with other two companies advance simi- Ill. and here. new material, Fender $10 million annually." normalcy." "All the with stand- lar arguments. distributing centers with ards. Music City sells more than records No chain advertises more exten- the exception of the Los Angeles fa- The EMI increases, dating back to In the spotlight on Texas issue of a and tapes. In seven of its eight out- sively than Music City. cility have satellite (sending and re- July 21, show singles up from $1.21 few years ago in Billboard, Chicano lets it offers sheet music, musical in- "Our budget for radio runs from ceiving units) computers," he con- to $1.43; standard pop from was described as "the country music struments, pianos and organs, TV, $60,000 to $75,000 a year and we will tinues. "These units transmit directly $5.50 to $6.58; standard classical al- of the Tex -Mex communities." audio equipment and a ticket bu- (Continued on page 55) to the central terminal here and send bums from $5.83 to $7.04; deluxe albums from $6.05 to $7.15; super deluxe from $6.49 to $7.70; mid - price albums from $3.64 to $4.38; Mail -Order budget albums from $2.64 to $3.19; Sales Hurt By WLAC's Switch and standard tape product from By JOHN SIPPEL $6.05 to $7.15. RCA product will retail at $1.30 LOS ANGELES -The three long- readily admit mail that -order sales gospel continues the fare from 1 to 5 the show with heavy static," Stan for singles, $4.39 for mid -price al- time mail major -order retailers to black buyers in 30 states are down a.m., with veteran jockey Hoss Al- Lewis of Stan's, Shreveport, says. bums, $6.14 for full -price pop which al- broke and sold true nitty from 40 to 50 percent since the len. Gene Nobles, who started the "We haven't even made addresso- bums; $6.58 for classical and some gritty blues records nationally are 50,000 -watter deleted the 29 -year- blues show back in 1946, is doing a graph plates from the thousands of special category pop albums, and searching for media to replace im- 1 old 8 p.m. to a.m. blues show April 45- minute black gospel segment for names we got over the years. I don't $6.58 and $7.02 for cassettes and car- portant nighttime WLAC, Nash- 28. WLAC, which once carried the Randy's nightly. know how to replace that volume. I tridges respectively. ville, long considered the most im- blues show starting at 6 p.m., has "No other radio station has the know it's hurt the volume of ABC, Bell is up from $1.19 to $1.32 for portant blues and black gospel radio continually sliced into the show and particular coverage of older black Peacock, Nashboro -Excello, Savoy singles; from $5.48 to $6.14 for al- promoter ever. added more contemporary soul over people that WLAC had. Interested and my own Jewel and Paula Rec- bums; and from $5.70 to $6.58 for Randy's, Gallatin, Tenn.; Ernie's, the past five years. Contemporary buyers tuned in every night even if ords. Most important, it was terrific special pack LPs. Cassettes and car- Nashville, and Stan's, Shreveport, Top 40 replaced the segments. Black electrical storms blanked out most of (Continued on page 55) tridges remain unchanged at $6.58.

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3 Await ARNOLD CAPLIN DIRECTS Ricordi Of Italy Makes Russian Copyright Binder Sentences Biograph Expands By GERMANO RUSCITTO MILAN -Italy's oldest local pub- cordi's managing directors, Dr. Eu- lishing concern, G. Ricordi & Com- genio Clausetti and Dr. Guido Rig - In L.A. Into 2 New Fields pany, which publishes such presti- nano, and the executive classical By JOHN SIPPEL By IS HOROWITZ gious composers as Verdi and manager, Mimma Guastoni, VAAP LOS ANGELES -Two prece- NEW YORK -Biograph Rec- corded live for later release on Puccini, and the , was officialy represented by its pres- dental sentencings will be handed ords, known largely as a mar- disk. Nine groups are to appear. through copyright agency VAAP of ident, Boris Pankin, department down in illegal tape duplication and keter of piano roll disks, is deep "If this first attempt at running Moscow, have signed a historic manager Alexander Lebedec and selling cases here over the next five in an expansion program that is our own festival is successful," three -year deal under which Ricordi vice manager, Julia Gaidoukowa. weeks. extending its distribution net- says Caplin, "we plan to produce becomes general agent in Italy for all After the agreement of the Soviet Federal district judge Malcolm M. work both in the states and as many as four a year." These Soviet music repertoires. Union to the regulations set up at the Lucas will sentence Roger Miller abroad, will see the company will be devoted to jazz, blues, And through this reciprocal deal Geneva Universal Convention of Davis, 39, 9185 Fontana, Fontana, take its first flyer as a concert ragtime, and perhaps classical as VAAP is to handle all Ricordi copy- May, 1973, the Soviet government Calif., who is the first known sec- promoter, and will mark its entry well. rights in the Soviet Union. agency VAAP, created January, ond -time violator of the federal law into the oldie radioshow field. Caplin says Biograph is now The contract was signed during a 1974, has carried out a vast inter - against selling unauthorized dupli- Five additional distributors near conclusion of a deal with press conference attended by Ri- (Continued on page 53) cated tape, thus becoming guilty of a have recently been added to its NBC for the record rights to a felony. domestic distributor string, and a number of old radio shows, with Davis pled guilty and will be sen- new distributor in Australia, first product in the series sched- tenced Sept. 8. A deposition from Crest Records, has been signed, uled for January release. These I FBI Agent Ed Romanoff, San Ber- bringing the firm's list of foreign albums will contain both NBC Execubvelurnioble nardino, who has in tape been active and domestic outlets to 26, ac- and AFM seals on the jackets to Norman Block promoted to vice president, European business affairs, of investigation, reports that Davis was cording to Arnold Caplin, Bio- indicate their authorized use, CBS International after more than five years with the label.... A &M Records warned about selling illegal stereo graph president. says Caplin. has moved. Roger Birnbaum from assistant to Kin Cohen into the post of direc- tapes March 30, May 8 and Aug. 20, In in addition, Sonopresse While vintage jazz, blues and tor of contemporary a &r in Los Angeles. ... Louise Barnum is the new man- 1974 by FBI agents. France has been named a li- country were the main concern of ager of record production and Janis Imberton now bosses jacket production, He was arrested Sept. 5, 1974 and censee to press and market the la- the company when it was formed also at A &M.... John Pudwell named director of product distribution at RCA pled guilty before a magistrate and bel's piano roll line in the Bene- in 1968, it entered the piano roll Records, and Len Adelman is upped to director, marketing services. ... Also got two 30 -day consecutive sen- lux countries. And Continental field in 1971, and in that area has Diana Davis, MGM release coordinator, promoted to national manager, mar- tences of imprisonment. Distributors in England has been achieved some of its best sales. keting services, at Polydor in New York. assigned rights for cassette dupli- Davis was warned again Feb. 11, Most successful piano roll disks cation, says Caplin, to supple- * * * 1975, according to Romanoff. On has been its series of five Joplin ment its prior distribution deal. March 15, the FBI bought eight albums, including one made by Bob White, Billboard's chart manager, takes on responsibility for preparing Biograph, which in the past 1916. tapes from Davis. On April 1, Roma - Joplin himself in the country and soul charts toiling under the supervision of Bill Wardlow, Bill- has issued disks in connection noff seized 1,831 bootlegs from New domestic Biograph dis- board's director of marketing services. ... Elroy Kahanek quits his slot with with Fox Hollow Festival, in Davis at a Chino swap meet. On the tributors are Rhythm Research Paragon Records and will devote full time, in Nashville, to managing I.G. upstate New York, will mount its in Berkeley, Cal., Orwaka in April 13, San Bernardino police Sheppard.... Fred Salem has departed Polydor /MGM's Los Angeles office. own festival there in late August Denver, New New Or- seized 553 pirated tapes from Davis South in He had been assistant to Polydor USA president Bill Farr and vice president - this year. Two-day event is being and issued a citation to him. leans, Jimmie Skinner in Cincin- general manager of the West Coast operation.... Rick McGruder tagged as a first Northeast string billed as the ' nati and Adelphi in Silver vice president of Nashboro Records after 25 years in the industry.... Joel On May 9, the FBI laboratory. band get-together and will be re- Springs, Md. Washington, D.C., reported two of Bernstein named general manager of Biograph Records. the tapes purchased from Davis * * * March 15 were unauthorized copies Herb Fisher joins ABC Record & Tape Sales as national account executive. of post -Feb. 15, 1972, recordings ...New vice presidents of Casino Records, Memphis, are Harry Winfield and made by the and Ram- Joe Arnold. ... Steve Epstein set as national promotion and public relations sey Lewis, respectively. N.Y. Judge Chucks Suit director at W.M.O.T. Productions, Philadelphia. ... Barbara Pepe joins Lon- Judge Irving Hill, who presided don Records as publicity director. over the Richard Taxe tape piracy Over Rare Earth's Name * * * case in 1974, will sentence Ronald NEW YORK -Charges and However, he dismissed the Wesley M. "Mort" Fujii appointed vice president and general manager at Lee and Gilbert Henslee in what countercharges by members and ex- charges on the grounds that the Cetec Corp.'s audio division. He swings over from Electro Sound Inc. may be the first tape counterfeit and the Rare Earth rock plaintiffs failed to conform to the members of Jules L. Sack takes over at Cetec as director of marketing and sales... . infringement of copyright violation group over the right to the Rare dictates of Michigan law. He also Charles J. Urban named president of Rockwell International's consumer oper- Aug. 27 (Billboard, June 14). Both Earth name, have been thrown out denied costs, disbursements, ex- ations wing. That includes the Admiral group. ... Dave Whatley is new with men pled guilty to both counts. As- by New York district court Judge penses and attorney fees to either Maxell Corp. of America as Midwestern regional manager in Chicago.... At sistant U.S. attorney Chet Brown, John Cannela. party. BSR, Jack McMurray is promoted to national sales manager in the consumer who has prosecuted most tape viola- The litigations by Rare Earth Inc. group arm. He succeeds Phil Welch, who resigned to form his own sales rep tion cases here, filed pleadings ac- against Peter Hoorelbeke and Mi- firm. Harold Schiffman is named sales administrator at BSR.... Dan Long of cusing the men of counterfeiting 14 chael Urso, and the countercharges Colorado now tour media coordinator for .... New agent tapes, including two each by Gladys by Hoorelbeke and Urso against in the music division of Bart/Levy Assoc., Beverly Hills, is Stan Milander... Al Knight, Green, the Spinners, the Gilbert Bridges, Edward Guzman, Joe Polidor takes post of Southern regional marketing manager for Phono - Ohio Players and Stevie Wonder Mark Olson and Raymond Monette, In This Issue gram /Mercury, based in Memphis and covering territory south of Kentucky and one each by Blue Magic, Aver- developed out of claims to control of CAMPUS 27 and east of Texas.... Herb Fisher named national account executive for ABC age White Band, Marvin Gaye and the Rare Earth Corp. formed in CLASSICAL 30 Record and Tape Sales, headquartered in Fairfield, N.J. Five. the Jackson They were specifi- 1970, and the right to use the group COUNTRY 40 cally charged with infringing on the name in performance purposes. 29 copyrighted logo of London Rec- INTERNATIONAL 48 PLENTY OF CLIENTS ords. The litigants charged each other GOSPEL 46 with infringement, confusion, de- JUKEBOX 59 ception of the public, false advertis- LATIN 31 Pair Of 22- Year -Olds Sell ing, false representation and de- MARKETPLACE 34,35 Bootlegged Zep scription in commerce, unfair RADIO 20 competition and loss of goodwill. SOUL 32 All the Comforts Of Home TALENT 25 MIAMI -Two 22- year -old girls out and begin a business of our own LPs Denounced In dismissing the charges, Judge TAPE /AUDIO /VIDEO 36 Cannela argued that the complaints here have built a business that based on this idea." NEW YORK -Swan Song Rec- FEATURES brings all the comforts of home to And thus Home At Last was could have been presented to the Stock Market Quotations 10 ords, home of Led Zeppelin, has de- Michigan courts as the organization VoxJox 20 recording acts on the road. Many of created to offer touring artists and nounced unauthorized "live" al- had been incorporated in that state. Studio Track 28 the acts that come down to Criteria recording acts an alternative to the bums by the group currently out on He agreed that there were some Action 29 Recording Studios utilize the serv- high -priced and often impersonal the market. Company vice president ices they provide that includes rental world of commercial hotels. valid arguments in the complaints, CHARTS Danny Goldberg says these albums including the fact that Bridges and Bubbling Under of private homes, home cooked In the beginning there was a lot of are of very poor quality and it is dif- Guzman do possess controlling in- Hot 100 /Top LPs 20 meals, laundry, dry cleaning, lim- negative feeling toward two women ficult to decipher which tour they terests in Rare Earth Inc. Gospel LPs 46 ousine service, baby sitting, errand performing these services, according came from. FM Action 27 service, studio meal catering and to Ms. Jenkins, but as time passed, "Any stores that hope to have Soul LPs 33 other domestic chores. the resistance decreased and the credibility with their customers Hot Soul Singles 32 North Miami residents Jerri Jen- company's reputation grew. should ignore these bootlegs since Scheck Is Elected Hot Country Singles 42 kins and Cindy Johnson combined Artists that have used Home At -rate quality were NEW YORK Conference of Hot Country LPs 44 their talents back in 1971, when Ms. Last include Steve Stills (who some- they are tenth and -The Hot Latin LPs 31 was called by a of a times stays for three months), The made utterly without the consent or Personal Managers East has elected Hits of the World 54 Jenkins "friend knowledge of Zeppelin or anyone at a new set of officers for the next two Hot 100 60 friend" and asked to cater meals for Bee Gees, Dr. John, the Memphis Swan Song," he states. "The boot- years. They are George Scheck, Top 50 Easy Listening 30 Steve Stills. Horns and . Clapton legs are a travesty and to be avoided president; Joseph Rapp, vice presi- Rack Singles/ LPs Best Sellers...59 "I really thought the whole thing used their services for his "461 by sane merchants." dent; Jim LaMonica, secretary; and Top LPs 62,64 was a joke, but apparently Steven's Ocean Blvd." album, and the LP Dave Glew, vice president of At- Harry Steinman, treasurer. Out- RECORD REVIEWS manager had heard that I was a title came from the address of the lantic who distributes Swan Song, going officers are president Jackie Singles Radio Action 16,18 good cook," Ms. Jenkins says. "And home that Ms. Jenkins and Ms. has also denounced the bootlegs and Bright, vice president Gerard W. Album Reviews 56 so, Cindy, myself and another friend Johnson rented for him and his en- urged those at every level of business Purcell, secretary John Marotta, and Singles Reviews 58 worked on this project, and it was so tourage. to avoid them. treasurer Harry Steinman. much fun that we decided to branch (Continued on page 58)

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Billboard Publications, Inc., 9000 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90069 RETIREMENT Lim (213) 273 -7040 Cable: Billboy LA; NY Telex -620523; LA Telex- 698669 LOS ANGELES -The Eagles' Bared By Gortikov EDITOR IN CHIEF: Lee Zhito (L.A.) EDITOR EMERITUS: Paul Ackerman (N.Y.) "One Of These Nights" moved into By MANAGING EDITOR: Eliot Tiegel (L.A.) the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 ROBERT SOBEL last week, and with it the group's NEW YORK -Some 81 percent 100,000; 7 percent sold 100,000 to NEWS BUREAUS & REGIONAL OFFICES three earlier Asylum LPs were swept of all single releases failed to earn a 300,000; and 5 percent went over the CHICAGO, Ill. 60606, 150 N. Wacker Dr., Area Code 312, CE 6 -9818. Editorial, Anne along with the tide. profit in 1972 while 77 percent of all 300,000 mark in units sold. Duston; Sales, Bill Kanzer. CINCINNATI, 0. 2160 Patterson St. Area Code 513- 381 -6450. "Desperado" moved up to a bul- popular album releases also did not Popular LPs were as follows: 15 LONDON: 7 Carnaby St., London W. 1. Telex- 262100. Phone 437 -8090. Cable: Billboard leted 132, "On The Borader" is at 137 make money during the same year, percent sold less than 2,000; 8 per- London. European Editorial Director, Mike Hennessey; U.K. News Editor, Peter Jones; Re- gional Publishing Director, Andre de Vekey. MILAN, Italy, Piazzale Loreto 9, Tel: 28.29.158. and "Eagles" roared out of retire- according to a statement made by cent sold 2,000 to 4,000; 14 percent Bureau Chief, Germano Ruscitto. NASHVILLE, Tenn. 37203, 1717 West End Ave. Area ment at a bulleted 171. All four LPs RIAA president Stanley Gortikov had sales of 4,000 to 8,000; 5 percent Code 615, 329 -3925. Bureau Chief, Bill Williams; Sales, John McCartney. NEW YORK, N.Y. by the Eagles have earned RIAA during Congressional hearings last sold 8,000 to 10,000; 15 percent sold 10036, 1 Astor Plaza, Area Code 212, 764 -7300. Bureau Is Chief, Horowitz. JAPAN: 1694 gold status. week in Washington on perform- 10,000 to 20,000; 17 percent had Hiyoshi -cho, Kohoku -ku, Yokohama 223. Tel: 044 -61 -6605: Bureau Chief, Hideo Eguchi. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005, 733 15th St. N.W., Woodward Bldg., Rm 817. Area Code ance rights for sound recordings. sales of 20,000 to 50,000; 11 percent 202, 393 -2580. Bureau Chief, Mildred Hall. Both figures represent an increase achieved sales of 50,000 to 100,000; German Oasis in losses incurred from 1963 when 74 100,000 to 300,000 represented 8 EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL BOARD percent of all single releases failed to percent; and 300,000 plus repre- Lee Zhito, Eliot Tiegel, Claude Hall, John Sippel, Mildred Hall, Is Horowitz, Paul Ackerman. To Casablanca earn a profit and when 61 percent of sented 6 percent. LOS ANGELES -Casablanca the popular LPs failed to do so. Fig- Popular tapes show: 29 percent EDITORS Records has negotiated an unusual ures also reveal that 80 percent of all sold fewer than 2,000; 15 percent CAMPUS: Jim Fishel (N.Y.); CLASSICAL & INTERNATIONAL: Bob Sobel (N.Y.); COPY: international distribution pact with popular tape releases in 1972 failed sold 2,000 to 4,000; 16.7 percent sold Dave Dexter (L.A.); COUNTRY & GOSPEL: Bill Williams (Nash.); COUNTRY WEST COAST: Oasis Records of Munich, Germany. to make money. 4,000 to 8,000; 5 percent had sales of Bob Kirsch (L.A.); LATIN: Ray Terrace (L.A.); MARKETING: John Sippel (L.A.); RADIO - TELEVISION PROGRAMMING & BILLBOARD RADIO PROGRAMMING CONFERENCE Neil Bogart, Casablanca president, The figures also note that the 8,000 to 10,000; 13 percent sold DIRECTOR: Claude Hall (L.A.); RECORD REVIEWS: Bob Kirsch (L.A.); SPECIAL ISSUES: and Giorgio Moroder of Oasis con- breakeven points were 46,000 disks 10,000 to 20,000; 11 percent sold Earl Paige (L.A.); TALENT: Nat Freedland (L.A.); TAPE /AUDIO /VIDEO: Stephen Traiman tracted for Casablanca to manufac- for singles: 61,000 for popular LPs; 20,000 to 50,000; 5 percent, 50,000 to (N.Y.); ASSOCIATE TAPE/ AUDIO/ VIDEO: Radcliffe Joe (N.Y.) ture and distribute all Oasis product 22,000 for classical LPs; 24,000 for 100,000; 5 percent, 100,000 to FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS not only in the U.S., but also Canada popular tapes; and 34,000 for classi- 300,000; and .1 percent, 300,000 cal tapes. plus. ARGENTINA: Ruben Machado, Lavalle 1783, Buenos Aires; AUSTRALIA: John Bromell, 97 and Japan. Wyadra Avenue, Manly, N.S.W. 2100. AUSTRIA: Manfred Schreiber, 1180 Wien XVIII, First three releases due here are On the classical end, the number The classical album breakdown: Kreuzgasse 27. Tel: 43 -30 -974; BELGIUM: Juul Antonissen, 27A Oude Godstraat, 3100 LPs by Schloss, a German rock trio; of albums which failed to earn a 11 percent sold zero to 2,000; 22 per- Heist op den Berg. Tel: 015 241953; BRAZIL: Henry T. Johnson, Av. Rio Branco 25, Rio de Donna Summer, an expatriate profit in 1972 was 95 percent of all cent, 2,000 to 4,000; 40 percent 4,000 Janeiro. Tel: 233 -4977; CANADA: Marty Melhuish, 16 Neville Park Blvd., Scarborough, On- releases. In 1963 it was only 87 per- to 8,000; 10 percent 8,000 to 10,000; tario. Tel: 416 -690 -0512; CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Dr. Lubomir Doruzka, 14 Zeleny Pruh, 147 American who has two gold records 00 Praha 4 Branik. Tel: 26- 16-08; DENMARK: Knud Orsted, 32 Solhojvaenget, DK 2750 on the Continent; and Giorgio who cent. And surprisingly, according to 12 percent, 10,000 to 20,000; 3 per- Ballerup, Copenhagen, Ballerup, Denmark. Tel: (07) 97- 71 -10; FINLAND: Kari Helopaitio, conducted and produced an elec- the RIAA figures, 99 percent of all cent, 20,000 to 50,000; 1 percent, 01860 Perttula, Finland. Tel: 27- 18 -36; FRANCE: Henry Kahn, 16 Rue Clauzel, 75 -Paris 9 tronic music album. classical tape releases failed to make 50,000 to 100,000; 1 percent 100,000 France. Tel: 878 -4290; GREECE: Lefty Kongalides, Hellinikos Vorras, Thessaloniki. Tel: money in 1972. to 300,000. No records more 416621; HOLLAND: Frans van der Beek, Willibrorduslaan 67, Hilversum. Tel: 02150- sold 41022; HUNGARY: Paul Gyongy, Derekutca 6, 1016 Budapest, Hungary. Tel: 45- 46 -45; A detailed breakdown of the re- than 300,000. IRELAND: Ken Stewart, 56 Rathgar Road, Dublin 6, Eire. Tel: 97- 14 -72: ISRAEL: Uri Alony, Atlanta Academy sults regarding unit sales per release In classical tapes: 69 percent sold P08 28028, Tel Aviv, Israel. Tel: 23.92.97; ITALY: Germano Ruscitto, Piazzale Loreto 9, Mi- and breakeven points for 1972 zero to 2,000; 22 percent, 2,000 to lan. Tel: 28 -29 -158; MEXICO: Mary Fisher, Apartado Postal 11 -766, Mexico 11, D.F. Tel: Plans Meetings in 41 4,000; 8 4,000 to 905 531 -3907; NEW ZEALAND: J. P. Monaghan, c/o Box 79, Wellington; : Ro- shows that the singles category percent, 8,000; and man Waschko, Magiera 9m 37, 01 -873 Warszawa, Poland: Tel: 34- 36 -04; PORTUGAL: Fer- ATLANTA -The local chapter of percent registered sales of less than 1 percent, 8,000 plus. nando Tenente, R Sta Helena 122 R /c, Porto, Portugal; PUERTO RICO: Rudy Garcia, Calle NARAS will hold its annual four - 2,000; 8 percent had sales of be- The figures were based on an Jose Marti #803, Miramar, Santurce. Tel: 725 -2677; RUMANIA: Octavian Ursulescu, Str. tween 2,000 and 4,000; 10 percent analysis done by Cambridge Re- Radude la La Afumati nr, 57 -B Sector 2, Bucharest O.P. 9. Tel: 13- 46 -10, 16- 20-80; SPAIN: day meet Aug. 5 -8, in two different Maria Dolores Aracil, Andres Mellado, 22, Madrid. Tel: 449- 14 -68; SWEDEN: Leif Schul- cities this year. The meet will start at sold between 8,000 and 10,000; 9 search Institute of a sample of the re- man, Brantingsgatan 49, 4 tr. 115 35 Stockholm. Tel: (08)629 -873; REPUBLIC OF S. AF- Georgia State Univ. and then switch percent sold 10,000 to 20,000 and 10 leases of eight record companies RICA: Norman Greenberg, 2nd floor, State House, Corner Quartz & Bree Streets, Johannes- to Mercer Univ. in Macon before go- percent had sales of 20,000 to which had 53 percent of the indus- burg. Tel: 239271; URUGUAY: Carlos A. Martins, Martin Garcia 2108, Montevideo; 50,000; 5 percent sold 50,000 to try's sales in 1972. U.S.S.R.: Vadim D. Yurchenkov, 14 Rubinstein St., Ap. 15 Leningrad, 191025. Tel: 15 -33- ing back to Atlanta. 41; WEST GERMANY: Wolfgang Spahr, 236 Bad Segeberg, An der Trave 67 b, Postfach Bill Huie of the Presbyterian 1150. W. GERMANY. Tel: (04551) 14 28; YUGOSLAVIA: Borjan Kostic, Balkanska St. 30, Church of the is 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Tel: 645 -692. coordinating the meetings as usual Chappell's Bicentennial MARKETING SERVICES which involves both the radio and record industry on a local basis. DIRECTOR, MARKETING SERVICES: Bill Wardlow (L.A.) Entry: a 4 -Vol. Song Set CHART MANAGER: Bob White (L.A.) The meeting covers all aspects of the record and radio industries with NEW YORK- Chappell Music, in its 800 pages, music by show SALES speakers and workshops. first music publisher to be named an writers such as Rodgers and Hart, DIRECTOR OF SALES: Peter Heine (L.A.) ASSISTANT SALES DIR.: Steve Lappin (L.A.) official licensee of the American Rodgers and Hammerstein, the NATIONAL TALENT COORDINATOR: Bill Moran (L.A.); EASTERN SALES MANAGER: Revolution Bicentennial Adminis- Gershwins, Cole Porter, Jerry Her- Ron Willman (N.Y.); CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING MANAGER: Murray Dorf (N.Y.). Goody Acquires tration, has released two 2- volume man, Lerner and Loewe and many music collections marking the bicen- others. The 240 songs include titles INTERNATIONAL SALES Franklin Shops tennial. such as "Hello, Dolly!" "Sound Of GREAT BRITAIN: Barry O" Keef, 7 Carnaby Street, London W 1 V 1 PG. Tel: (01) 437 8090; NEW YORK -Arrangements The four -volume set, the Heritage Music" and "Cabaret," among oth- AUSTRALIA: Mr. Ken Appleton, Adrep Pty Ltd., 41 McLaren St., North Sydney, NSW. Tel: have been completed for the sale of 929 -5088; SPAIN: Rafael Revert, S.E.R. Ave. Jose Antonio 32, 2nd floor, Madrid 13. Tel: Collection, contains what Chappell ers. Each book sells for $8.95. Music stores in the 23.28.000; AUSTRIA, BENELUX, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HUNGARY, POLAND, SCANDI- six Franklin calls the best of American music in The folk song volumes contain NAVIA: Johan Hoogenhout, Smirnoffstratt 40, s- Hertogenbosch, Holland. Tel: 147688; to Sam Philadelphia area Goody the areas of the musical theater and more than 1,000 songs and span mu- FRANCE: Olivier Zameczkowski, 30 Avenue Bugeaud, 75 -116, Paris; Tel: 553.1068; ITALY: Inc., it has been learned, with the folk music. It consists of "The Best sically the nation's history. Set in- Germano Ruscitto, Piazzale Loreto 9, Milan. Tel: 28 -?9 -158; JAPAN: Hugh Nishikawa, c/o transfer to be consumated within a Music Labo, Atlantic Bldg., 20 -6 Azabu likuracho, Minato -ku, Tokyo, Tel: 585 -5149. MEX- Loved Songs Of The American cludes "Greensleeves," "Frankie ICO: Enrique Ortiz, Nucleo Radio Mil. Insurgentes Sur 1870, Mexico 20, D.F. 534 -6060; week. The acquisition will bring the Stage" (volumes I and II) and And Johnny" and "On Top Of Old PUERTO RICO: Rudy Garcia, Calle Jose Marti #803, Miramar, Santurce. Tel: 725 -2677; number of outlets in the Goody "America's Best Loved Folk Songs" REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: Norman Greenberg, 2nd floor, State House, Corner Quartz Smokey." The collection is being chain to 26. (volumes I and II). Bree Tel: Rafael 1 sold at music and book stores and & Streets, Johannesburg. 239271; SPAIN: Revert, Plaza Mariana de Cavis Not included in the deal are three & 3, Escalera Derecha 12B, Madrid 7, Spain. VENEZUELA: Christian Roux, Radio Exitos The American stage set contains, through mail -order throughout the 1090, Calle El Retiro, Qta. Vilma, El Rosal, Caracas, Venezuela. Franklin stores in Atlanta. These country. These books sell for $9.95 will continue to be operated by Ed each. PUBLISHING Rosen, Franklin Music president. Hailstone Sues PUBLISHER: Lee Zhito BUSINESS MANAGER: Péter Heine Majority stock in the Franklin chain ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER: Bill Wardlow PUBLISHING CONSULTANT: Hal Cook stores has been held by the Ray- `Wrong' Song SPECIAL PROJECTS: Denis Hyland (N.Y.); PRODUCTION MANAGER: John F. Halbran Co., with a (L.A.); PRODUCTION COORDINATORS: Ward Mechlin, Val Karches (Cincy); CIRCULA- mond Rosen portion Music Odyssey TION MANAGER: Jack Shurman (N.Y.); PROMOTION MANAGER: Diane Kirkland (L.A.). held by Al Franklin, now at the helm Brings a Suit of the ABC Wide World of Music re- LOS ANGELES -Lee Hartstone, BILLBOARD PUBLICATIONS, INC. tail chain. founder of the statewide Warehouse NEW YORK -A copyright in- PRESIDENT: W. D. Littleford; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENTS: Corporate Development, Joel retail chain, continued his crusade fringement suit against the publish- Novak; Administration, David Luppert; VICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR OF SALES: Maynard `Clapton Month' An against lowballing in superior court ers and writers of "Another Some- L. Reuter; DIVISIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS: Jules Perél, American Artist, Watson-Guptill, here when he filed charges of unfair body Done Somebody Wrong Whitney Group; Mort Nasatir, International Operations. SECRETARY: Ernest Lorch; ASSIST - RSO Product Promo ANT SECRETARY: John Ross; TREASURER: Lawrence Gatto; PRESIDENT, MUSIC LABO trade practice violations against the Song," tune which figured recently (JOINT VENTURE): Ben Okano. NEW YORK -RSO Records has Westwood store of Music Odyssey, as a No. I single by Bi. Thomas on designated August as "Eric Clapton operated by Steve Gabor in superior ABC Records, has been brought in The microfilm edition of Billboard is available from KTO Microform, Route 100, Millwood, with the special release of a court. U.S. District Court here by the Ed- N.Y. 10546. For details, contact the company, at the above address. Month," new live album, a new single, and In his pleading, Hartstone alleges win H. Morris Co., and writers Caro- Subscription rates payable in advance. One year, S50, two years, $85, three years, 5110 in the opening of the second half of that Music Odyssey was selling cur- lyn Leigh and Cy Coleman. U.S.A. (except Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico) and Canada. Rates in other foreign countries Clapton's North American tour. rent chart LPs by and In the action the plaintiffs charge on request. Subscribers when requesting change of address should give old as well as new The live LP "E.C. Was Here" was Joan Baez for $3.54. that the tune "was copied largely" weekly. -class paid at New York, N.Y., and at additional address. Published Second postage recorded in concert in various cities He seeks $10,000 damages and from the Leigh -Coleman composi- © 1975 by Billboard Publications, Inc. The company also publishes mailing offices. Copyright Look Me Over." Defend- in NEW YORK: American Artist, Gift and Tableware Reporter, Industrial Design, Interiors, around the world, and it will be asks the court for injunctive relief. It tion "Hey Merchandising Week, Photo Weekly, Watson -Guptill Publications, Whitney Library of Design; shipped in mid -August. is possible to obtain treble damages ants are Tree and Press Publishing, LOS ANGELES: Billboard; NASHVILLE: Amusement Business; LONDON Music Week, On Monday (28) RSO is rush -re- under the state law which requires a and writers Larry Butler and Chips World Radio -TV Handbook, How to Listen to leasing a new single by Clapton, Bob retailer to sell at 6 percent over his Moman. The suit asks an injunction the World, TOKYO: Music Labo. Post- On Heaven's wholesale price. Hailstone previ- against further alleged infringe- Billboard .ABP Dylan's "Knockin' master, please send Form 3579 to ously filed against Licorice Pizza ment, an accounting of profits and Publications, Inc., Box 2156, Radnor, Pa. Door," which will not be available 19089. Area Code 215, 687 -8200. Vol 87 No. 31 on any album. (Billboard, July 26). damages.

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www.americanradiohistory.com 8 Financial DESPITE CARRYOVER LOSS Market QuobUons As of closing. Thursday, July 24, 1975 Reports increase 1975 (Sales Arista 60% P.E NAME HI h Low Close Change High Low 100s) 9

27% 13% ABC 8.3 342 22% 21% 21% - 1 In Profits Over One Year Ago 7% 2% Ampex 12.2 191 6% 6% 6% - 'A f 3% 1% Automatic Radio 0 3 2% 2% 2% Unch. NEW YORK - product on the charts in the first six and Rodney, & the 9% 4% Avnet 42 134 7% 7% 7% - 1. upped its operating profits, for the months of 1975. Eleventh House and The Outlaws. 22% 10% Bell 6 Howell 82 107 19% 18% 19 - % 54 28% CBS 11.6 176 47% 46% 46% - 1 fiscal year ending June 30 more than Artists he cites in creating this The sales figures indicate the di- 9% 2% Columbia Pic. 18.4 657 7% 6% 7% + $3 million -a rise of more than 600 boom include , Me- rection , its president, 7% 2 Craig Corp. 6.7 418 6% 6'A 6% - % percent from the previous year, lissa Manchester, Gil Scott- Heron, has steered the Columbia Industries 5534 21% Disney, Wart 24.4 1175 47% 45 46% - 114 4% 1% EMI 10.1 34 3% 3% 3% + 14 when the company operated as Bell the "Funny Lady" original sound- division since taking over one year 44 23% Gulf + Western 4.9 481 41 3914 41 + % Records. track album, Monty Python, The ago. 7'A 3% Handleman 6.8 40 6% 6 6 Unch. Elliot Goldman, the label's execu- , The Headhunters 20% 5% Harman Ind. 5.5 88 173f 16 17 - 1. 8% 3% Lafayette Radio 9.7 126 7% 7% 7% - % tive vice president, emphasizes that and Eric Anderson. 19'A 12 Matsushita Elec. 11.1 26 17% 171. 17'/. - 1. this rise came despite a substantial All product in the Tony Orlando 82'% 27% MCA 9.9 528 73% 69% 72% - 1'A 18% 12% MGM 6.2 333 16% 1534 16% + if carryover loss from the first quarter and Dawn catalog continues to sell Earnings 68 43 3M 24.1 521 57% 56% 57'A + % of the fiscal year under Bell. at a heavy pace, according to Gold- 4% 1% Morse Elec. Prod. 0 38 3% 3% 3% - 'A Goldman says part of the success man, as do Mario Thomas' "Free To 57% 33% Motorola 29.4 313 50'/. 49% 50 Unch. 24% 12% No. Amer. Philips 8.8 37 20 19'A 19'A - % lies in the fact that almost every Be -You And Me" and "Godspell" 19% 7 Pickwick International 8.9 266 14% 13% 13% - % Arista LP made the charts. The label soundtracks, and original cast al- Reporls_ 6% 2% Playboy 15.5 30 5 5 5 - 'A escalated to the number nine posi- bums. 21% 10% RCA 15.8 865 18% 18% 18% + if RCA CORP. 13% 5 31.6 911 11% 11% 11% Unch. tion in the Billboard corporate Goldman further states that year- (RCA Records) 18% 9% Superscope 4.4 66 16% 15% 16 - 1 share -of- market report of singles end figures show strong initial sales 2nd qtr. 50% 11% Tandy 12.8 271 45'/. 44% 44% - % and LP sales -with 27 pieces of on first Arista product from Batdorf toJme30: 1975 a1974 6 2% Telecor 5.5 17 5 434 5 Unch. Sales 51,155,000,000 $1,145,900,000 3% % Telex 20.1 60 2% 2% 2% Unch. Net income 26,800,000 35,200,000 3'4 1 Tenna 12.5 9 2'A 2 2'A Unch. Per share 34 .45 12% 6 Transamerica 12 388 8% 8% 834 - V. six -months 15% 5% 20th Century 10.6 461 14% 131. 14% + 1% Sales 2,245,300,000 2,227,500,000 22% 8% Warner Commun. 6.9 294 1834 17% 17% - 14 Net income 43,800,000 66,500,000 28% 10 Zenith 87.5 287 26% 25% 26% - % Per share 55 .85 CUSTOM RECORD PRESSING a- Restated to reflect change to LIFO method of' accounting. As of closing, Thursday. July 24, 1975 QCA HAS IT ALL UNDER ONE ROOF MEMOREX OVER THE VOL. Week's Week's Week's OVER THE VOL. Week's Week's Week's Zed qtr. COUNTER° High Low Clore COUNTER° High Low Close 24 TRACK RECORDING STUDIO to June 30: 1975 1974 Revenues 865,620.000 $53.081,000 NI MASTERING AND PLATING Net income (loss) .6,216,000 (5.345,000) ABKCO Inc. 0 3 244 2% M. Josephson 12 8% 8'A 81. Per share (loss) al.32 (1.24) Gates Learjet 13 9 8% 8% Schwartz Bros. 0 1% 1 1 IN 12" AUTOMATIC 7" & PRESSING tlx- months GRT 16 2 1% 1% Wallich'sM.C. 0 % % % Pershare(loss) b1.70 (1.61) IN COLOR SEPARATIONS Goody Sam 0 314 3% 3% KustomElec. 11 2% 2 2 a- Includes extraordinary credits of $4.9 million, Integrity Ent. 0 % 0 % Orrox Corp. O 1% % % PRINTING & FABRICATING or SI.04 per share. b- Includes extraordinary credits Koss Corp. 3 5'A 5% 5% Memorex 0 9% 8% 8% equal to $1.19 per share. *Over-the -Counter prices shown are "bid" (as opposed to "asked "). Neither the bid nor CRAIG CORP. asked prices of unlisted securities represent actual transactions. Rather, they are a QUEEN CITY ALBUM Inc. Year to the have been sold or at 2832 Spring Grove Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45225 Jtme30: 1975 1974 guide to the range within which these securities could bought the 0re compilation. Phone 513 - 681 - 8400 Sales $69,100,000 $63,728.000 time of Net income 3,200,000 2,721,000 The above contribution to Billboard by Russ Gallagher of G. Tsai & Company, Inc., mem- Per share 1.02 .87 bers of the New York Stock Exchange and all principal stock exchanges. 1975 figures are preliminary. BIG 2ND QUARTERIRmw E:,usic Income Up At Warner Comm. NEW YORK -Solid second quar- growth abroad overcame generally ter sales and income from the WEA weak domestic record industry con- "Your Bowery savings account group, particularly international, ditions." He noted that overall, and Warner Bros. Music publishing "gains in net income and earnings passbook lets you make deposits division, helped Warner Communi- per share were achieved despite the and cations to record second quarter sizable decline in motion picture fully diluted earnings per share of 76 revenues and income from last withdrawals at all Bowery branches cents, against 65 cents a year ago. year's second quarter which set rec- Net income was up slightly to ords on the strength of a number of in Manhattan and Long Island: $13.3 million despite a second quar- major pictures, especially "The ter sales drop of nearly 13 percent to Exorcist's." - Joe DiMaggio $154.7 million, WCI chairman Ste- For the WEA group and Warner ven Ross reported for the three Bros. Music, second quarter income months ended June 30. Solid quarter was nearly $9.3 million, up 14 per- helped trim the six -month deficit, cent from a year ago, pushing the which saw a 5 percent dip in net in- six-month figure to over $19.9 mil- come from 1974 to $27.6 million, on lion, about 8.6 percent below 1974. sales of $326 million, down 7.6 per- cent from last year's record first half. Sales for the April -June quarter It pays to save at the Ross said "Recorded music topped $67 million, a gain of nearly largest savings bank in America showed increases in both revenues 10 percent, boosting the six -month and pre -tax income as the diversity total over $139 million, a five per- rHBpWERY of WCI's artist roster and substantial cent increase. Broadway at 47th Street Off The Ticker Walt Disney Productions, Bur- million at beginning fo the fiscal bank, reports record revenues and year, Tatum said. earnings for the third quarter and National Semiconductor Corp., a the first nine months of the year. prime supplier of integrated circuits Except for Disney's retail phono- to the broadcasting and consumer reports net graph record operations, Donn B. electronics industries, nearly $235.5 Tatum, board chairman, says all of sales up 10 percent to the company's business remains million for the fiscal year ended while net earnings were up strong. May 31, slightly to more than $16.7 million or Revenues for the three months $1.34 per share. Although the semi- ended June 30 were $136.1 million, conductor division sales, the firm's up 26 percent from the $108.2 mil- largest division, were down about 4 The Bowery Savings Bank, Member FDIC lion of a year earlier. Earnings were percent, president Charles Sporck $37 million, or $1.24 a share, up 33 points out this was well below the in- For information call Bill Kirschbaum, Mgr., at 953 -8044 percent from the $27.7 million, or 93 dustry average. He terms the com- cents a share, in the year before pe- pany's performance "commendable riod. in the wake of a general slowdown in Disney has paid off the balance of the economy and the electronics in- its bank debt, which stood at $55 dustry."

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www.americanradiohistory.com 10 General News Fresh Faces Spark Royalty Hearings SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE LISTENS Continued from page 1 formance royalty into U.S. copyright the 1973 revenues of $1.5 billion. Broadcaster Power The new emphasis peaked during law, were to repeat their story the The record industry's alleged $2 bil- the closing broadcaster testimony, next day on the Senate side of the lion in retail sales for that year, is a which leaned heavily on the millions copyrights subcommittee hearing list price figure, he said, and in real- Evident At Hearing of dollars made by superstars, and being chaired by record royalty ity was pared down by discount re- the promotional benefits that radio champion Sen. Hugh Scott (R -Pa.), tail sales and the half-priced rate to By MILDRED HALL play confers on recordings and art- author of the Senate royalty bill wholesalers for a total of about $1 WASHINGTON -The painful nent witness Nancy Hanks, chair- ists. Subcommittee chairman Robert 5.1111. billion in revenue. realities about broadcaster power to man of the National Endowment for Kastenmeier said radio may sell rec- There were new faces and a new Gortikov argued for the principle delay or scuttle a record perform- the Arts. Register Barbara Ringer ords, but the question here is push for the record performance of a full copyright, including per- ance royalty bill, or even the entire was next, followed by the same wit- whether performance royalties royalty on the record industry side at formance royalty, for sound record- copyright revision bill, came out in a nesses -pro and con -who had testi- should be paid for broadcasters the House hearing. Speaking first ings, which are now recognized as hearing by Sen. Hugh Scott on his fied the day before at House hear- commercial use of the recordings. for the American Federation of Mu- creative works in the U.S. Copyright record royalty bill, 5.1111, last ings on their record royalty bill. Chairman Kastenmeier asked this sicians (AFM) and the American Law. Recordings are the only copy- Thursday (24). Time ran out on opposing juke- question: would broadcasters agree Federation of TV and Radio Artists righted work denied performance The hearing by the Senate copy- box industry witnesses, and state- or not, that contributions by musi- (AFTRA), with a further endorse- rights, he pointed out. Ironically in a rights subcommittee was held one ments, by MOA past president Rus- cians and others (apart from the top ment by the AFL -CIO, was Sanford parallel situation, the copyright revi- day after a hearing on a duplicate sell Mawdsley and Perry S. artists who negotiate royalty on I. Wolff, assisted by AFM counsel sion bill will require performance bill on the House side. (See separate Patterson, counsel for jukebox man- record sales) "are creative talent Henry Kaiser. Also testifying were royalty on re -use by cable TV of story). ufacturers Rock -Ola, Seeburg and within the meaning of the copyright Theodore Bikel, president of Actors broadcast programming. It also adds The frank and sometimes impas- Rowe International, Inc., were put law?" (Both the Register of Copy- Equity Assn. and John Hightower a new performance royalty for music sioned scoring of broadcaster politi- into the hearing record. rights Barbara Ringer, and the Sen- representing Associated Arts Coun- authors and publishers from juke- cal clout was triggered by the testi- Ms. Hanks, who says the Admin- ate judiciary committee report of last cils. box play of their music. mony of Register of Copyrights istration also supports royalty for the year endorsed this concept of crea- Stanley M. Gortikov spoke for The statutory compulsory licens- Barbara Ringer. Ms. Ringer is a performing artists and musicians, tive authorship by record producers RIAA and submitted a financial ing fees in the separate record roy- strong supporter of the record per- said the royalty right is long overdue and performers.) study of increasing radio revenues, alty bill for record performance, formance royalty concept, but op- in this country. It is recognized in 37 audiences, profits and growth, by would amount to a total of about $ 10 poses trying the world. She The broadcaster answer was that to put it into the overall other nations around the Cambridge Research Institute. million annually, it was estimated. revision bill, because of powerful was especially pleased that record the performers are undeniably a cre- Opposing were National Broad- This would equal about 1 percent of broadcast opposition. companies and performing artists' ative talent but payment to them cast Assn. president Vincent Wasi- broadcasters net advertiser revenue, said she fears the union have reached agreements should be on an employer -employee The Register that lewski, accompanied by NAB's ra- while music publishers get 3.5 per- controversial record royalty could all performers on a given record basis -not made part of the copy- dio board chairman and Tennessee cent in private negotiations with the (from top to will share right law. become a "killer" provision, if at- star sideman) broadcaster, Harold R. Krelstein, broadcasters. tached to the general revision bill. equally in the distribution of the Witnesses at the hearing on and a small radio spokesman Wayne Broadcaster testimony was rather She believes there can be no ques- performer half of the royalty (the H.R.6345 by Rep. Kastenmeier's C. Cornlis, of KFXD -AM /FM in low -keyed and reflected the confi- tion about the primary priority go- other half goes to record producers). judiciary subcommittee on Wednes- Idaho. dence of their win in last year's kill ing to the whole revision bill, if a sac- Ms. Ringer strongly endorsed- the day (23) on the bill to put record per- RIAA president Gortikov spelled of the record performance royalty rifice has to be made. principle of payments to the creative out the statistics of radio's growth, during the Senate floor vote on its AFM counsel Henry Kiser, makers and performers of record- prosperity, increase in audience, and revision bill. spokesman for thousands of poorly ings, but she suggested changes in TOWN OF LONGMEADOW, paid artists and musicians whose the record royalty bill. She would recordings make profits for broad- prefer the terms originally proposed NOTICE OF INTENT Billboard Show Set casters, took the opposite stand. In a in revision bill S.1361, calling for long emotional plea, he urged Sen. simpler compulsory licensing, col- TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS Continued from page I . The program will feature five na- tional spots presold; radio station Scott to get the record royalty made lection of royalty by the Copyright For A License To Operate A Top 50 markets signing up to carry part of the overall revision bill. Office, with rate reviewing to be will have five other 60- second corn - Community Antenna Television the weekend program are: KKDJ, Royalty mergial breaks for their own use. "We know the awesome political done by the Copyright System Los Angeles; WRIT, Milwaukee; Tribunal provided for in the revision KDWB, St. Paul; WLOF, Orlando, A major feature in promoting new oppositions we face," he said. But he The Town of Longmeadow, prefers to do battle if this must be a bill. Massachusetts, will accept ap- Fla. and WNCI, Columbus, Ohio. releases will be dealer tieins. Audio/ plications for a license to operate "gut fight" between broadcasters The show accents new record re- Video Programming will arrange for a community antenna television dealers to have automatic shipments and the AFL -CIO unions. "Even if it system at the office of the Select- leases -both singles and album does cause delay and means a hell of 57th Street at 7th Avenue men, Town Hall, Williams Street, cuts -as chosen by Billboard Maga- of all records receiving airplay, so Longmeadow, Massachusetts. that listeners will be assured of the a fight, let the issue be drawn!" Applications must be received no zine's staff review panel. YOUR PRIVATE OFFICE availability of the product once Sen. Scott, a battler for performer IS NOW READY. later than October 15, 1975. "Most important, the show will This solicitation of applications they've heard it. Dealers in turn will royalty for many years, but also a IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY feature new hit music the is pursuant to Procedural Regula- ... before promote the program with point -of- political realist, steered down the NO LEASE REQUIRED tions For Granting Community competing station in the market has Antenna Television Licenses, purchase materials. middle. He reminded the witness Section 1.3 (b) (2). a chance to air it," says Zhito. He that he had a hard time in the Midtown's finest individual 1 and 2 room All applications must be sub- adds that the show is a ratings offices. Completely and distinctively judiciary committee revision furnished. mitted in the Commonwealth of builder. "Tablines will allow the au- Massachusetts An- markup last year, when the record Community `Prophet' Featuring unobstructed 28th floor views tenna Television dience the chance to become in- Commission royalty barely stayed in the bill on a of East & Hudson Rivers, Central Park. standard application Form # 100 volved with the music by voting on and must be in full accordance tie vote. their favorite new record. Votes will Included in your rent: Exceptional 166 A of the with Chapter General Spurs L.A. Nevertheless, he promised to try services, such as Receptionist, individual- Laws of the Commonwealth of be tabulated nationally and the win- in ized phone answering services, Mail and Massachusetts. All applications ner played in the following week's again the committee this year, and messenger service, Conference& projection must be accompanied by a cer- program." failing that, he may try to put the rooms, Copying machines, etc. tified check or money order for Litigation royalty into an amendment to the re- $100.00 payable to the Town of Radio stations airing the show will vision bill, during floor action. REASONABLY PRICED Longmeadow, Massachusetts. with customized This solicitation of applications be supported LOS ANGELES-EH. Bookasta Avenue is made prior to a decision by Sen. Scott's copyrights subcom- 888 Seventh promos by Lundy, major publicity Co. Ltd. is seeking $2.5 million dam- Selectmen of the Town of Long- and advertising in Billboard and ad- mittee hearing (Sen. McClellan was Phone 489 -1950 meadow whether to pursue cable ages from , Richard briefly present, but no other mem- licensing. vertising mats for local publicity. Harris, Jerry Wexler and Ed Mat- bers appeared) began with propo- thews, charging they stole an origi- nal idea he proferred to Harris for an LP on the works of Kahil Gibran. I;AVE - VALUABLE COUPON [SAVE Gary Bookasta, who was influen- tial in setting up Radio Station KROQ -AM /FM here, charges that WE HAVE THE BEST CUT-OUT in 1972 he acquired for the plaintiff PROMOTIONAL CASSETTE P company rights to a television show P & 8TRACK & IR R and soundtrack on the life and work O TAPE LIST IN AMERICA ! O of Gibran from the National Com- M MAJOR LABELS ... MAJOR ARTISTS M mittee of Gibran, Beirut, Lebanon. O T T He claims he presented to Harris NOT BOOTLEG $ II I March 21, 1972, an idea to advertise SEND FOR FREE CATALOG O and promote a Harris LP in which N N he would recite excerpts from "The Our new expanded telephone lines are in now. If you had diffi- A f. L Prophet," and which he later pro - culty calling us, please try again. Thanks for your patience. ferred to the defendants. 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These presentations will be sede this plan and after Copen- Radio Triunfo, Portugal; Melody, dealer for these same items is usually One East Coast distributor here dubbed into the language of the hagen, the schedule runs: Germany Turkey; and Haddad, Lebanon. pegged at about $3.75, although the echoes other wholesalers when he hosting country. (Sept. 4).at a site to be determined; Each of the product presenters wholesaler most often will absorb estimates that many mom and pop to the team Amsterdam (5); Paris (6); Milan (8) Of prime importance will prepare its own videotape, with shipping costs, an expense rarely stores buy as much as half their al- in meet- and London (I1). of Americans involved the the WEA International showcase shared by the one -stop. bum requirements from one -stops. ings is the ooportunity to bring back "We're not going over as tutors," utilizing material from its various While smaller stores have tradition- to their home office lessons learned Rose ssys. "We're going to learn." companies, notably Holland and ally bought from local one -stops, from overseas companies about Topics set for the seminars include Italy (both just opened July 1), who charge a few cents over distrib- market conditions which prevail in Music Tourneys the economy and radio airplay. On South Africa (Feb. 1, 1975); Aus- utor prices, much of their product the States today, Rose emphasizes. the latter subject, Rose notes that tralia (1970); Canada (1967); Eng- Firmed For Oct. now comes from the burgeoning "The Europeans have suffered "while the U.S. has the luxury of land (1969); France (1971); Ger- number of national entrepreneurs LOS ANGELES -Canyon Coun- through some of the conditions 7,000 radio stations, most European many (1971); and Japan (1970). who are undercutting both the "lo- Palm Springs, is again the we're facing now," Rose says, "and nations work with the one state radio try Club, cals" and the distribs. the 16th Music Indus- we will be exploring problems and network. We're interested in how site of annual It is product acquired from the lat- Golf and Tennis Tournaments to solutions in a series of face -to -face they work with that situation. try ter source that is causing the diffi- seminars." STONES ADD be held Oct. 24 -26. culty, say label wholesalers. In some "England and Italy have gone The non -profit organization glaring cases it is charged that retail- through economic turmoil. We want 3 CONCERTS stages the events as a social outlet for ers are buying quantities of mer- to know how they've combatted NEW YORK -The Rolling persons in the , says chandise in this way without any in- their economic problems." tention it to Stones have added three major dates Bob McCluskey, one of its founders, of selling through the Participating in the presentations to their cross -country U.S. tour, in- with Sidney Goldstein and Dave consumer, but purely to bolster re- turn and exchange credits. A &R Men will be 11 Americans plus WEA In- creasing their potential gross for the Jacobs. When you need ma- ternational's two European senior tour by $1 million. Thre three added "Previous events have drawn terial you should check executives plus sales and marketing dates are Louisville's 19,000 -seat more than 500 persons, and we ex- of the company Buddy Rich Scrubs us out. managers from each Freedom Hall on Monday (4), pect an even larger crowd this year owned operations. Hampton Roads, Va., 12,000 -seat South Africa Tour We write. Arrange. now that women are attending," he American entourage includes coliseum on Wednesday (6) and adds. Publish. We have pipe- The NEW YORK -Refusal by the Ertegun and Rose plus from Warner Buffalo's 80,000-seat Rich Stadium South African government to issue a - lines to good, corn Bros. -Stan Cornyn, Ed Rosenblatt, on Friday (8). work permit to Ben Brown, bassist mercial music you Tom Ruffino; Atlantic -Jerry All of these concerts were added Sedalia Rag Fest with the Buddy Rich band, has tour wouldn't even dream Greenberg, Dave Glew, Bob Korn - in place of the South American SEDALIA, Mo. -About 5,000 at- aborted a planned tour by Rich due of. Let us help you. heiser; Elektra /Asylum -Mel Pos- that was scheduled to commence fol- tended the second annual Ragtime to start Aug. 4 in Johannesburg, was ner, George Steele and Bob Brown- lowing the initial U.S. dates, but here July 25 -27. Rich said here last week. After these Sudden Rush Music stein. postponed until January. Once the home of Scott Joplin, Rich says he had been asked to re- three additional U.S. dates this 750 Kappock Street Also attending will be Brigitta Sedalia's Larry Melton presented place Brown with a white bass week, the Stones will vacation for Bronx, N.Y. 10463 Peschko, European managing direc- William Balcom, Dick Zimmerman, player, and was told that Brown one month until they travel to Ger- tor from Amsterdam and Claude Rudi Blesh, William Albright, Joan could only go to South Africa as a (212) 884 -6014 many for recording sessions in Sep- Nobs, manager of European artist Morris, Dr. Addison Reed and Tre- tourist. "That was totally unaccept- tember. relations from Montreux. bor Tichenar for appearances. able to me," he says.

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www.americanradiohistory.com 14 CBS Records Convention Coverage CBS Records' Intl Division Coming Of Age TORONTO -CBS Records Inter- France, Germany, Spain, South Af- national, under new presidential di- With 50% Of Sales rica, Canada and Scandinavia. rection from Dick Asher and contin- Asher Arm Credited A CBS Records International/ uing to generate at least 50 percent It was just recently that CBS Inc. While international representa- A managing directors meeting, Philadelphia International lunch- of CBS group sales, held a series of president Arthur Taylor credited the tives attended a number of domestic chaired by Asher and attended by eon, geared for open discussion on meetings involving some 200 repre- division with "leading the Records meetings throughout the week, sev- Peter De Rougemont, vice president, the marketing and merchandising of sentatives from its overseas subsidi- Group to a sales gain of 11 percent eral key divisional confabs were European operations; Manuel Vil- r &b product overseas. held Tuesday (22) through Saturday larreal, vice president, Latin Ameri- aries here last week, as part of the la- during this year's second quarter" And, a meeting of top European (26). Among them were: can operations; A.W.T. Smith, vice bel's annual convention. (Billboard, July 26). operating officers to formulate fu- High on the list of topics covered president, Australian operations; While past CBS conventions have A Latin a &r meeting, high- ture market plans. The meeting was by the international staffers were Norio Onga, president, CBS /Sony, tended to revolve more around lighted by -product presentations chaired by De Rougement. what's happening on the U.S. do- artist development, marketing and managing directors from 20 from Spain, Italy and Latin Amer- hosted a dinner mestic market, the division's claim to strategies, the tracking of musical countries. The division also and guests Tues- full partnership in the Records trends from different parts of the ica, chaired by Sol Rabinowitz, vice for all CBS staffers in Group's destiny was well reflected globe and sales and promotional president, a &r and music publish- A product presentation meet- day (22) at the Old Mill restaurant Valley nearby. during this year's affair. plans for the coming year. ing. ing, featuring disks from the U.K., the Humber

11 IN ALL Aggressive Posture Urged Guercio Forms Continued from page 3 seemed to have finally placed the Sales, Promotion Toppers stamp of approval on Segelstein as a Caribou Records, past years (Labelle, Minnie Riper - "record man," following many ton, KoKoMo, Janis Ian, David Es- months of street talk that his ap- Take Home Major Awards was and just CBS To Distrib sex, etc.), and the successful devel- pointment "temporary" TORONTO Eleven major York branch; a special Earth, Wind action" on CBS' part. TORONTO -Caribou Records, - opment, during the same period of a "holding awards were presented to promotion & Fire promotion award -Richard On several occasions at the con- recently formed by James Guercio, time, of such acts as Aerosmith, and sales personnel during the CBS Mack, director of r &b promotion at of gratitude" for his will be distributed by CBS Records, Earth, Wind & Fire, MFSB, Herbie vention a "debt here. In addition, several Columbia Records; the first annual the company it was announced here last week by cónvention Hancock, Billy Swan, among others. helping to steer awards were given for contributions Stan Snyder award -Stan Snyder, times" was ex- Walter Yetnikoff, CBS Group presi- Turning his attention to the indus- through "troubled at the promotion level. vice president of national accounts pressed by several speakers. Yetni- dent, and Ron Alexenburg, vice try's economic health, Yetnikoff said The 11 major award recipients marketing at CBS Records; and a that he looks for- president, and general manager, that "a short time ago, we believed koff, himself, said were: Columbia regional promotion special appreciation award -Joe with "in Epic and CBS /Custom Labels. that the record industry was reces- ward to working Segelstein marketing manager of the year - Senkiewicz, local promotion man- sion-proof, immune to the economic the years to come." Among Guercio's production Gordon Anderson, Midwest region; ager for Columbia Records' New side, meet- problems facing the rest of the Back on the business credits to date are disks by such acts Epic /Custom regional promotion York branch. the week world. We assumed there would al- ings were held throughout as Blood, Sweat & Tears, the Fire - marketing manager of the year keying on such topics as special mar- - ways be plenty of dollars to satisfy sign Theater, the Buckinghams, and Bud O'Shea, Western region; special marketing and merchan- the public's taste for music. But, look kets, a &r, Chicago, whose entire catalog he markets regional r &b promotion Acts Entertain campaigns and promotional what happened!" dising produced. Reportedly, the catalog marketing manager of the year - Part of today's industry picture, he techniques. has sold some 60 million pieces Fred Ware, Southeast region; Co- At 5 Socials covered were: continued, is that hit singles fre- Several key points worldwide. lumbia local promotion manager of TORONTO -A broad lineup of strong in- quently don't reach the gold certifi- lb continue CBS's The first title on the Caribou label the year -Stan Byrd, Dallas branch; talent performed during the 1975 market. cation levels, many companies are volvement on the campus will be an album by Gerrard, lead Epic /Custom local promotion man- version of the CBS annual conven- for new ways to being forced to tighten personnel To search singer of a nine -piece group of the ager of the year -Rick Swig, San tion, with the artists coming from the record rolls and that talent costs continue to bring the adult buyer into same name. Francisco branch; special markets Columbia, Epic, and CBS /Custom soar as do general operating ex- stores. local r &b promotion manager of the labels. Five showcases (four evening penses. To emphasize creativity in year- Armand McKissick, Phila- banquet shows and one country mu- Echoing similar sentiments in his merchandising and promotional ef- delphia branch; CBS Records dis- sic luncheon) were presented. rising Film Tribute To speech to the attendees, was CBS forts as a way of offsetting tributor of the year-New York Among the acts appearing were Inc. president Arthur Taylor, who costs. Goddard Lieberson branch; Columbia sales office of the , Billy Joel, the Hollies, To utilize radio and TV to their cited the ever -growing talent costs CBS Group year -Detroit branch; Epic /Custom Michel Pagliaro and Les Rockers, fullest potentials in promoting prod- TORONTO -Retired confronting labels, in terms of both Goddard Lieberson was sales office of the year -New York Bill Withers, Harold Melvin & the uct and, at the same time, to seek president at this year's convention branch; salesman of the year -Milt Bluenotes, Jon Lucien, Kokomo, new promotional avenues for mov- honored with a filmed tribute involving many Goldstein, New York branch. Michael Stanley, Larry Jon Wilson, ing product. artists he worked with during The first annual Goddard Lieber - Troy Seals, David Wills, Joe Stam- Col Pacts White To further tie -in concert ap- of the his 36 -year stay at the label. son Award was given to Lou Wein- pley, Willie Nelson, Boz Scaggs, Jeff TORONTO -A production pact pearances with artists' record sales. on the film were such stein, who retired from his position at Beck, Dan Fogelberg, Phoebe Snow between Maurice White and Colum- That the company's accom- Appearing as Marx, Marvin CBS Records' New York branch af- and Paul Simon. bia Records has been firmed. White, with r &b prod- notables Groucho plishments and goals than 43 years. Staging for the shows was put to- integral member of the group Earth, Hamlisch, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., ter more uct cannot be overstressed (Segel- Mitch Other awards given were: the first gether by Sam Hood, director, artist Wind & Fire, will begin producing a Adolph Green, Isaac Stern, stein emphasized this point several Killer of the Year award development; and Jock McLean, number of label acts shortly, accord- Miller, Godfrey Cambridge, John annual - times during his speech). Irving Townsend, Ste- Matty Matthews, local promotion manager, artist services, CBS Rec- ing to CBS president Erwin Segel - That the a &r departments on Hammond, ven Sondheim and Betty Comden. manager at Columbia Records' New ords. stein, who announced the arrange- both coasts have been substantially ment at an opening night banquet strengthened. here last week. White will continue Also covered was the growing uled to begin shopping shortly and in his role as recording artist as well. concern from field staffers over Alexenburg stressed the following: On the Columbia side, product art- run through early fall, is being breaking new artists in the months That "diversification" remains featured included LPs by such Chicago, touted as one of the largest release ahead as retail ,operations continue one of the strong selling points for ists as Barbra Streisand, schedules in the company's history. artist acquisition fees and royalty inventories and ra- Columbia and Epic /Custom prod- Neil Diamond, Herbie Hancock, to maintain tight was noted that at the half-way payments. recep- uct. Ramsey Lewis, Earth, Wind & Fire, It also dio increasingly becomes less mark for this year's RIAA gold "We must have the courage to say new acts. And, that artist development is Loggins & Messina, Art Garfunkel, tive to record certifications, CBS has such yes and the conviction to say no" to Several staffers expressed hope also a high priority for Epic and its Taj Mahal, Billy Joel, David Essex, awards. the skyrocketing fees, said Taylor. company would expand its custom-distributed labels. Dave Mason, , that the This year's convention was hosted While guarded, Taylor's view of sometime policy of releasing prod- As customary at a label conven- Lynn Anderson, Freddie Prinze, the Troy by Columbia Records of Canada. It the economy was that the recession uct from new acts at a $5.98 sug- tion of this type a number of forth- Dudes, Cecilio & Kapona, Jon Lucien, Les has ended or will end shortly, and gested list. A more flexible returns coming album and single releases Seals, Rick Cunha, Williams, Flo & Ed- that the next 12 -18 months will see policy was also being sought by a were spotlighted during several Dudak, Tony Fly- gradual improvement in business, number in attendance here. product presentations. die, Jackie DeShannon and the ing Burrito Brothers. Engineers Feted both domestically and nationally. While label vice presidents and Singles showcased were by such Increased in -house opportunities managers Bruce Lundvall TORONTO -In -house engineer- general artists as David Essex, the Dudes, for women and blacks within the and Ron Alexenburg ing awards were presented during (Columbia) Odyssey Augments Art Garfunkel, Loggins & Messina, CBS structure were also promised by CBS did not ad- this year's CBS convention to Don (Epic, /Custom) Ivory and Jade, Barbara Taylor. filmed inter- TORONTO -Starting this fall, se- Ebony, Pulse for the mixing of LaBelle's dress the convention, a Fairchild and Barbra Streisand. Following Taylor to the podium the two executives was lect Melodiya product will be mar- "Lady Marmalade" single and view with New Epic and Custom label al- was CBS Records president Irwin floor. keted in the U.S. on the Odyssey la- "Nightbirds" LP, to Jack Ashkinazy shown on the convention were by such art- Segelstein who spoke of the "change bel as part of an expansion of an bums introduced for his mastering of Ramsey Lewis' Among the points made by Edger Winter and continuity" of operations at the original agreement between CBS ists as Gerrard, the "Sun Goddess" LP, and to John Lundvall were: Kris- (Masterworks) and the Russian Group, People's Choice, Kris for his mixing of the "Sun label. That Columbia has a goal of Ran- Guerriere Part of the "change" to come, he recording company. tofferson, Billy Swan, Boots Goddess" album. The awards were breaking five new artists into the McCoy, Don Reno, said, will be a complete restructuring dolph, Charlie in the form of gold disks. 200,000 units sold range Labelle, of country music marketing proce- 150,000- Al Hirt and Pete Fountain, the next year. Horn, Joe fall. He did not over More than 25 records on the Co- Dan Fogelberg, Paul dures effective this Johnny elaborate, however. That the label will be "selec- lumbia label were previewed, while Stampley, Steppenwolf, Wills, Tammy Wy- is the second time that the company Notably, with conventions tradi- tive" in the addition of artists to its the Epic, CBS /Custom family of la- Rivers, David George Jones, Ted Nuget, has held its annual get- together in an tionally being the time for a gather- roster. bels previewed more than 22 disks. nette and Spanky & Our Gang, and Jimmie international territory. The last one ing of forces and boosting in -house And, that artist development Also introduced were new albums Spheeris. overseas was held in London in morale for the coming year's sales remains the key to any future suc- on Columbia Masterworks and Od- The overall product list, sched- 1972. push, this year's CBS huddle also cess. yssey labels.

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Based on station playlists through Thursday (7/24/75) TOP ADD ONS - NATIONAL PRIME MOVERS- NATIONAL BREAKOUTS - NATIONAL

K.C. THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get Down Tonight (TK) (D) -Fame (RCA) ELTON JOHN- Someone Saved My Life (MCA) 8 DAVID GEDDES-Run Joey Run (Big Tree) JANIS IAN -At Seventeen (Columbia) WAR -Why Can't We Be Friends (U.A.) PAUL ANKA /ODIA COATES- There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love (U.A.) DAVID GEDDES -Run Joey Run (Big Tree) BEE GEES -Jive Talkin' (Atlantic)

THE BAND -Get BEE GEES -Jive Talkin' (Atlantic) 17- D-Discoteque Crossover * - Swearin' To God (Pri- KJOY- Stockton, Calif. KRSP-Salt Lake City * K.C. & SUNSHINE * Down Tonight (TK) 16 -4 12 vate Stock) 14 -8 TAVARES -It Only Takes A Minute K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get On To Yesterday ELTON JOHN- Someone Saved My KBBC -Phoenix (Capitol) Down Tonight (TK) * AMBROSIA -Holdin' * ADD ONS -The two key prod- (20th Century) 22-15 Life (MCA) 30 -9 SMOKEY -If You Think You Know JOHNNY WAKELIN -Black Superman DAVID GEDDES -Run Joey Run (Big ucts added at the radio stations KELP -El Paso WCFL- Chicago (MCA) (Pye) Tree) listed; as determined by station K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get * WAR -Why Can't We Be Friends (U. A.) * WAR -Why Can't We Be Friends (U.A.) JANIS IAN-At Seventeen (Columbia) JANIS IAN-At Seventeen (Columbia) personnel. Down Tonight (TK) 25 -18 15-8 -Tit The World HUDSON BROTHERS- Rendezvous PRIME MOVERS -The two * BARRY MANILOW -Could It Be * II TOP -Tush (London) 27-14 * JAMES TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is Ends (ABC) (MCA) registering the great- products Magic (Arista) 26 -13 (W.B.) 18 -9 * NEIL SEDAKA- That's When The Mu- * ELTON JOHN -Someone Saved My est proportionate upward KNDE- Sacramento * THREE DOG NIGHT -Til The World KROY- Sacramento sic Takes Me (Rocket) 24-19 Life (MCA) 17 -13 movement on the station's We Be Friends Ends (ABC) 22 -16 UNDA RONSTADT -It Doesn't Matter BAD COMPANY -Feel Like Makin' * DWIGHTTWILLEY BAND -I'm On Fire * WAR -Why Can't (U.A.) playlist; as determined by sta- KRIZ -Phoenix Anymore (Capitol) Love (Swan Song) (Shelter) 25 -23 9 -3 tion personnel. FREDDY FENDER- Wasted Days & XEROK -El Paso WOKY -Milwaukee TEN CC -I'm Not In Love (Mercury) EARTH, WIND & FIRE -That's The Way BREAKOUTS -Billboard Chart Wasted Nights (ABC /Dot) D VAN McCOY- Hustle (Avco) Of The World (Columbia) K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get JANIS IAN-At Seventeen (Columbia) Dept. summary of Add On and * HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYN- * PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS- Listen * WAR -Why Can't We Be Friends (U.A.) Down Tonight (TK) HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYN- Prime Mover information to re- OLDS- Fallin' In Love (Playboy) 14 -3 To What The Man Said (Capitol) 25 -15 15 -9 JIM STAFFORD-I Got Stoned And I OLDS-Fallin' In Love (Playboy) flect greatest product activity * JOHNNY WAKELIN -Black Superman Joey Run * ELTON JOHN- Someone Saved My * JOHNNY WAKELIN -Black Superman Missed It (MGM) * DAVID GEDDES-Run (Big at Regional and National levels. (Pye) HB -17 Life (MCA) 29 -8 (Pye) 23 -11 * AMAZING RHYTHM ACES-Third Rate Tree) 29 -20 Romance (ABC) 21 -18 KQEO -Albuquerque KJR- Seattle * * BAZUKA- Dynomite (A &M) 11 -7 WZUU -FM- Milwaukee JOHNNY RIVERS -Help Me Rhonda D. DAVIE BOWIE -Fame (RCA) Southwest Region KAKC -Tulsa JOAN BAEZ -Blue Sky (A &M) (Epic) CARPENTERS- Solitaire (A &M) MORRIS ALBERT -Feelings (RCA) D. DAVID BOWIE -Fame (RCA) K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get D* VAN McCOY-Hustle (Avco) 15 -7 Pocific Southwest Region * BAD COMPANY -Feel Like Makin' Down Tonight (TK) * JOHNNY RIVERS-Help Me Rhonda TOP ADD ONS: HELEN REDDY -Blue Bird (Capitol) Love (Swan Song) 22 -11 * WAR -Why Can't We Be Friends (U.A.) (Epic) 24 -17 * TOP ADD ONS: 16-12 26-19 * II TOP -Tush (London) HB -19 PAUL ANKA /ODIA COATES-There's Nothing ELTON JOHN- Someone Saved My KING -Seattle * AMAZING RHYTHM ACES -Third Rate WIFE -Indianapolis * Stronger Than Our Love (U.A.) Life (MCA) 10 -5 K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get Romance (ABC) EX -24 EARTH, WIND & FIRE- That's The Way JOHNNY RIVERS -Help Me Rhonda (Epic) JOHNNY RIVERS -Help Me Rhonda (Epic) KELI -Tulsa JANIS IAN -At Seventeen (Columbia) KTKT -Tucson Down Tonight (TK) THREE DOG NIGHT -Tit The World Ends (ABC) Of The World (Columbia) K.C. & THE SUNSHINE Band -Get Down EARTH, WIND & FIRE -That's The Way II TOP -Tush (London) FREDDY FENDER -Wasted Days & II TOP -Tush (London) Tonight (TK) Of The World (Columbia) * BEE GEES -Jive Talkin' (Atlantic) 12- Wasted Nights (ABC /Dot) * BEE GEES -Jive Talkin' (Atlantic) 16- D. ELTON JOHN -House Of Cards (MCA) 4 3 ELTON Someone Saved My PRIME MOVERS: FRANK & REYN- BARRY - * -The Way We Were/ * JOHN- * * HAMILTON, JOE * MANILOW Try To Remember (Buddah) EX -23 Life (MCA) 13-7 OLDS- Fallin' In Love (Playboy) 30- (Arista) 30-25 * PRIME MOVERS: - Rhinestone Cowboy (Capi- BEE GEES -five Talkin' (Atlantic) 7 -2 18 WIRL- Peoria, III. * KJRB- Spokane tol) * JOHNNY WAKELIN -Black Superman AMERICA -Daisy Jane (W.B.) ELTON JOHN-Someone Saved My Life (MCA) BEE GEES -live Talkie' (Atlantic) PAUL ANKA /ODIA COATES- There's (Pye) HB -27 IAN -At (Columbia) BAD COMPANY -Feel Like Makin' HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYNOLDS -Fallin' Nothing Stronger Than Our Love JANIS Seventeen WKY- Oklahoma City_ Love (Swan Song) In love (Playboy) Pacific Northwest Region (U.A.) BARRY MANILOW -Could It Be Magic (Arista) SWEET- Ballroom Blitz (Capitol) * JAMES TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is EVIE SANDS -I Love Making Love To BAD COMPANY -Feel Like Makin' (W.B.) 25 -21 You (Capitol) BREAKOUTS: Love (Swan Song) JOHNNY RIVERS -Help Me Rhonda TOP ADD ONS: GLENN Rhinestone Cow- * * CAMPBELL- COATES -There s Nothing BREAKOUTS: PAUL AHRA /ODIA * BEE GEES -Jive Talkin' (Atlantic) 11- (Epic) 27 -17 boy (Capitol) 21-16 Stronger Than Our Love (U.A.) K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get Down 6 WDGY -Minneapolis * ELTON JOHN- Someone Saved My REPARATA -Shoe (Polydor) K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get Down Tonight (Te) * MIKE POST- Rockford Files (MGM) Life (MCA) 5-1 K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get Down JANIS IAN-At Seventeen (Columbia) (D) DAVID BOWIE -Fame (RCA) Tonight (TK) Tonight (TK) 19-15 HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYN- CARPENTERS- Solitaire (A &M) JOHNNY RIVERS -Help Me Rhonda (Epic) KTAC -Tacoma KOMA- Oklahoma City OLDS- Fallin' In Love (Playboy) -It Doesn't Matter Anymore BARRY Be Magic PAUL ANKA /ODIA COATES- There's MIKE POST- Rockford Files (MGM) (Capitol) MANILOW -Could It * (Arista) Nothing Stronger Than Our Love 18-15 * PRIME MOVERS: K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get KILT -Houston (U.A.) * ELTON JOHN- Someone Saved My Tonight TOP -Tush (London) Life (MCA) 14 -8 KHJ -Los Angeles Down (TK) JOHNNY RIVERS-Help Me Rhonda II * MORRIS ALBERT- Feelings (RCA) 15- (Epic) * JAMES TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is MS- Minneapolis JOHNNY RIVERS -Help Me Rhonda WAR -Why Can't We Be Friends (U.A.) 9 D. DAVID BOWIE -Fame (RCA) (W.B.) 10 -5 DAVID GEDDES -Run Joey Run (Big (Epic) JOHNNY WAKELIN -Black Superman (Pye) * GLEN CAMPBELL- Rhinestone Cow- * JAMES TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is * CHARLIE RICH -Every Time You Tree) JANIS IAN-At Seventeen (Columbia) BEE GEES -live Talton' (Atlantic) boy (Capitol) 8.4 (W.B.) 27 -18 Touch Me (Epic) 27 -20 * HAMILTON, JOE FRANK 8 REYN- JANIS IAN -At Seventeen (Columbia) WTIX -New Orleans PAUL ANKA /ODIA COATES- There's OLDS- Fallin' In Love (Playboy) 26- KGW- Portland * * HB -31 JANIS IAN-At Seventeen (Columbia) Nothing Stronger Than Our Love 14 SWEET- Ballroom Blitz (Capitol) BREAKOUTS: KRBE-FM- Houston PAUL ANKA /ODIA COATES- There's (U.A.) 24-20 *II TOP -Tush (London) 30-23 EARTH, WIND & FIRE -That's The Way HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYN- Nothing Stronger Than Our Love * JANIS IAN -At Seventeen (Columbia) K100 (KI_QQ -FM) -Los Angeles Of The World (Columbia) (U.A.) 15 -9 PAUL ANKH/ODIA COATES-There's Nothing OLDS- Fallin' In Love (Playboy) UNDA RONSTADT -It Doesn't Matter * HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYN- Stronger Than Our Love (U.A.) DAVID GEDDES -Run Joey Run (Big * NO MOVERS KOIL -Omaha Anymore (Capitol) OLDS- Fallin' In Love (Playboy) 23- DAVID GEDDES -Run Joey Run (Big Tree) Tree) * Makin' JOHNNY WAKELIN -Black Superman 18 BAD COMPANY -Feel Like ZZ TOP -Tush (London) KEEL -Shreveport * GLEN CAMPBELL- Rhinestone Cow- Love (Swan Song) (Pye) * WAR -Why Can't We Be Friends (U.A.) boy (Capitol) EX -12 AL GREEN -Oh Me, Oh My (HI) * JOHNNY RIVERS -Help Me Rhonda 20-11 II TOP -Tush (London) BEE GEES -live Talkin' (Atlantic) 12- PAUL ANKA /ODIA COATES- There's (Epic) 26 -22 * * PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS- Listen KIM-Portland 7 Nothing Stronger Than Our Love To What The Man Said (Capitol) 8 -4 D* DAVID BOWIE -Fame (RCA) 27-20 KFRC -San Francisco KLIF -Dallas (U.A.) KKDJ -Los geles SWEET- Ballroom Blitz (Capitol) * JOHNNY WAKELIN -Black Superman K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get BARRY MANILOW It Be Magic ALICE COOPER -Dept. Of Youth (At- POINTER SISTERS-How Long (ABC/ * -Could (Pye) 16 -9 WAR -Why Can't We Be Friends (U.A.) Down Tonight (TK) lantic) Dot) (Arista) 13 -7 KIOA -Des Moines CARPENTERS-Solitaire (A &M) D. DAVID BOWIE -Fame (RCA) THREE DOG NIGHT -Til The World * DR. HOOK -The Millionaire (Capitol) Saved My * WAR -Why Can't We Be Friends (U.A.) JAMES TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is * ELTON JOHN- Someone * BEE GEES -Jive Talkin' (Atlantic) 11- 29 -21 23 -7 Ends (ABC) (W.B.) Life (MCA) 13-6 3 JANIS IAN -At Seventeen (Columbia) * BARRY MANILOW -Could It Be Magic ILC. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get * MORRIS ALBERT-Feelings (RCA) 26- * MORRIS ALBERT-Feelings (RCA) 16- * 12-2 (Arista) HB -24 Down Tonight (TK) 21 10 GLADYS KNIGHT -The Way We Were/ FRANK REYN- KFXM -San Bernardino * Midwest Region * HAMILTON, JOE & KTLK- Denver HB -20 KYA -San Francisco Try To Remember (Buddah) OLDS- Fallin' In Love (Playboy) 15 -5 D. DAVID BOWIE -Fame (RCA) JOHN DENVER -I'm Sorry (RCA) KNUS- FM- Dallas * EAGLES -One of These Nights (Asy- BOB SEGER- Katmandu (Capitol) GLEN CAMPBELL- Rhinestone Cow- TOP ADD ONS: MARIAH -Hey Momma (U.A.) GLEN CAMPBELL- Rhinestone Cow- lum) 12 -2 * HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYN- boy (Capitol) * MIKE POST- Rockford Files (MGM) boy (Capitol) KKLS -Rapid City, S.D. Fallin' In Love (Playboy) HB- D. ISLEY BROTHERS -Fight The Power OLDS- 32 -22 JANIS IAN -At Seventeen (Columbia) 22 (T-Neck) AMERICA -Daisy Jane (W.B.) JOHNNY WAKELIN -Black Superman II TOP -Tush (London) Long (ABC/ * * -Midnight SWEET -Ballroom Blitz (Capitol) * JANIS IAN -At Seventeen (Columbia) * POINTER SISTERS -How EARTH, WIND & FlRE- That's The Way Of The (Pye) 28-15 Blue Blue (Arista) 10 -5 To Yesterday 21-15 Blue Thumb) 19 -16 World (Columbia) * AMBROSIA -Holdin' On Feelings (RCA) 12- * BEE GEES -Jive Talkin' (Atlantic) 17- (20th Century) 14-10 KAFY- Bakersfield * MORRIS ALBERT- KKAM - Pueblo, Colo. 6 7 * EAGLES -One Of These Nights (Asy- MORRIS ALBERT- Feelings (RCA) MORRIS ALBERT-Feelings (RCA) KFJZ -Ft. Worth lum) 3 -2 K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get Francisco PRIME MOVERS: K101 -FM -San NEIL SEDAKA- That's When The Mu- * Down Tonight (TK) BEE GEES -Jive Talkin' (Atlantic) 13- KQWB -Fad, N.D. NO NEW LIST * sic Takes Me (Rocket) * JAMES TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is 7 AUSTIN ROBERTS -Rocky (Private THEME FROM JAWS -(MCA) ELTON JOHN- Someone Saved My Life (MCA) (W.B.) 20 -14 * II TOP -Tush (London) EX -25 Stock) * GLEN CAMPBELL -Rhinestone Cow- WAR -Why Can't We Be Friends (U.A.) Can't We Be Friends (U. A.) * * WAR -Why BEE GEES -live Talton' (Atlantic) AMAZING RHYTHM ACES -Third Rate * boy (Capitol) 15 -10 4 -1 KYSN -Colorado Springs Romance (ABC) * JANIS IAN -At Seventeen (Columbia) KCBQ - KSJO -San Jose SPINNERS -Games People Play (At- * BARRY MANILOW -Could It Be Magic 10-6 Holdin' On To Yesterday lantic) (Arista) 23 -12 AMBROSIA- BOB SEGER- Katmandu (Capitol) KXOL -Ft. Worth (A &M) MORRIS ALBERT-Feelings (RCA) 29- (20th Century) EARTH, WIND & FIRE -That's The Way JOAN BAEZ -Blue Sky BREAKOUTS: * TAYLOR Sweet It Is AMBROSIA- Holdin' On To Yesterday 22 BAZUKA- Dynomite (A &M) Of The World (Columbia) * JAMES -How (W.B.) 15-16 (20th Century) * JAMES TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is NO MOVERS II TOP -Tush (London) * FREDDY FENDER -Wasted Days & (Continued on page 18) (W.B.) 16 -10 * * AMERICA -Daisy Jane (W.B.) 28 -21 DAVID GEDDES -Run Joey Run (Big Tree) Wasted Nights (ABC /Dot) WIND & FlRE- That's The Way Of The * TEN CC-I'M Not In Love (Mercury) 7- KCPX -Salt Lake City EARTH, * GLEN CAMPBELL -Rhinestone Cow- World (Columbia) 1975 Billboard Publica- 4 KLIV -San Jose PAUL ANKA /ODIA COATES- There's Copyright boy (Capitol) 13 -9 tions, Inc. 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WABC - Continued from page 16 13 -Q (WKTQ)- Pittsburgh WFOM -Atlanta WGOW- Chattanooga, Tenn. Region Mid -Atlantic & TENNILLE-(Spanish D DAVID BOWIE -Fame (RCA) D DAVID BOWIE -Fame (RCA) K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get THE CAPTAIN KXOK -St. Louis Version) Love Will Keep Us Together MIKE POST- Rockford Files (MGM) DAVID GEDDES -Run Joey Run (Big Down Tonight (TK) i EARTH, WIND & FIRE- That's The Way (A&M) * JAMES TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is Tree) THREE DOG NIGHT -Til The World TOP ADD ONS: Of The World (Columbia) (W.B.) 22-18 * WAR-Why Can't We Be Friends (U.A.) Ends (ABC) CHARLIE RICH -Every Time You EAGLES -One Of These Nights (Asy- * MELISSA MANCHESTER-Midnight 20-8 * MELISSA MANCHESTER-Midnight POINTER SISTERS -How Long (ABC /Blue * Touch Me (Epic) Blue (Arista) 25 -16 * AMAZING RHYTHM ACES -Third Rate Blue (Arista) 14 -7 Thumb) lum) 12-8 Talkin' (Atlantic) 17- * BEE GEES -Jive WKBW- Buffalo Romance (ABC) 30 -21 * FRANKIE VALU -Swearin' To God (Pri- ORLEANS -Dance With Me (Asylum) * ELTON JOHN- Someone Saved My 12 Atlanta vate Stock) 23-17 ZZ TOP -Tush (London) Life (MCA) 19-13 MD COMPANY -Feel Like Makin' 1.93 (WZGC- FM)- * EAGLES -One Of These Nights (Asy- Love (Swan Song) EARTH, WIND & FIRE -That's The Way lum) 9 -5 WAR -Why Can'tWe Be Friends (U.A.) Of The World (Columbia) WPIX -FM -New York City KAAY -Little Rock KSLQ-FM -St. Louis * AUSTIN ROBERTS -Rocky (Private PRIME MOVERS: * THREE DOG NIGHT -Til The World Stock) 30 -16 * AMAZING RHYTHM ACES -Third Rate AMERICA -Daisy Jane (W.B.) BEE GEES -Jive Talkin' (Atlantic) Ends (ABC) * ELTON JOHN -Someone Saved My Romance (ABC) 11 -7 EARTH, WIND & FIRE-That's The Way JAMES TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is JAMES TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is (W.B.) Ds FREDDY FENDER -Wasted Days & CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR -Dreaming Life (MCA) 19 -11 * Of The World (Columbia) K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get Down (W.B.) A Dream (De -Lite) WSAI -Cincinnati Wasted Nights (ABC /Dot) 12 -9 * CHARLIE RICH -Every Time You Tonight (TK) * TEN C.C. -I'm Not In Love (Mercury) * JAMES TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get WBBQ -Augusta Touch Me (Epic) EX -20 JANIS IAN -At Seventeen (Columbia) 11 -6 (W.B.) 26 -16 Down Tonight (TK) D DAVID BOWIE -Fame (RCA) * JANIS IAN -At Seventeen (Columbia) * EARTH, WIND & FIRE -That's The Way * K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get NEIL SEDAKA- That's When The Mu- BARON STEWART-We Been Singing 13 -12 Of The World (Columbia) 17 -13 Down Tonight (TK) 20-13 sic Takes Me (Rocket) Songs (U.A.) BREAKOUTS: Rhinestone Cow- HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYN- WHB- Kansas City * GLEN CAMPBELL- * boy (Capitol) 30 -23 OLDS- Fallin' In Love (Playboy) 11 -6 WHBQ- Memphis ZZ TOP -Tush (London) JANIS IAN -At Seventeen (Columbia) POINTER SISTERS -How Long (ABC /Blue WBBF - Rochester, N.Y. * ELTON JOHN- Someone Saved My * AMAZING RHYTHM ACES -Third Rate GLEN CAMPBELL- Rhinestone Cow- Thumb) Life (MCA) 12 -8 Romance (ABC) 10 -3 boy (Capitol) NO NEW UST * ELTON JOHN- Someone Saved My ORLEANS -Dance With Me (Asylum) WCOL- Columbus WSGN -Birmingham, Ala. D DAVID BOWIE -Fame (RCA) Life (MCA) 15 -8 * * PAUL ANKA /ODIA COATES- There's BARRY MANILOW -Could It Be Magic * HOT CHOCOLATE -Disco Queen (Big Nothing Stronger Than Our Love (Arista) Tree) 15 -7 i * DAVID GEDDES -Run Joey Run (Big TOP -Tush (London) 28-18 KEWI -Topeka (U.A.) *II MICHAEL JACKSON -Just A Little Bit Tree) II TOP -Tush (London) Boston Of You () * AMBROSIA -Holdin' On To Yesterday WFIL- Philadelphia WRKO- DAVID GEDDES -Run Joey Run (Big JOHNNY RIVERS-Help Me Rhonda (20th Century) 26 -18 WMPS- Memphis BARRY MANILOW -Could It Be Magic Tree) * NONE (Epic) 29-17 * THREE DOG NIGHT -Til The World NO NEW LIST (Arista) * ELTON JOHN- Someone Saved My * AUSTIN ROBERTS -Rocky (Private Ends (ABC) 16-11 EARTH, WIND & FIRE -That's The Way Life (MCA) 26 -3 * BEE GEES -Jive Talkin' (Atlantic) 12- Stock) 16 -5 WHHY- Montgomery, Ala. * Of The World (Columbia) * WAR -Why Can't We Be Friends (U.A.) 5 WAKY - Louisville CARPENTERS- (A &M) * ORLEANS -Dance With Me (Asylum) 41 -6 Solitaire * * JANIS IAN -At Seventeen (Columbia) HB-19 EARTH, WIND & FIRE- That's The Way BARNABY BYE -Can't Live This Way 21 -14 Rockford Files (MGM) Of The World (Columbia) (Atlantic) * MIKE POST- WMAK -Nashville 27 -15 North Central Region SWEET- Ballroom Blitz (Capitol) * AMERICA -Daisy Jane (W.B.) 26 -18 WIBG -Philadelphia Like Makin' JOHNNY WAKELIN -Black Superman Solitaire (A &M) * BAD COMPANY -Feel * CARPENTERS- SWEET- Ballroom Blitz (Capitol) (Swan Song) 10 -5 (Pye) 18 -1 HUDSON BROTHERS- Rendezvous Love II TOP -Tush (London) FREDDY FENDER- Wasted Days & (MCA) WBZ-FM -Boston TOP ADD ONS: * * HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYN- Wasted Nights (ABC /Dot) 14 -9 MIKE POST- Rockford Files (MGM) * OLDS- Fallin' In Love (Playboy) 21- Ds ISLEY BROTHERS -Fight The Power Dayton, Ohio 16-10 WTUE- WTOB- Winston /Salem, N.C. 14 (fT -Neck) SWEET- Ballroom Blitz (Capitol) HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYN- POINTER MERRY CLAYTON-Keep Your Eyes On * K.C. & THE BAND -Get SISTERS -How Long (ABC/ LINDA RONSTADT -It Doesn't Matter Anymore HUDSON BROTHERS- Rendezvous * SUNSHINE OLDS- Fallin' In Love (Playboy) 10-4 Blue Thumb) (Capitol) The Sparrow (Ode) (MCA) Down Tonight (TK) HB 20 You Got DAVID BOWIE (RCA) PAUL ANKA /ODIA COATES- There's * DUKE & THE DRIVERS -What (D) -Fame NEW BIRTH -Dream Merchant (Bud - (ABC) 1511 Nothing Stronger Than Our Love dah) WPGC -Washington (U.A.) WLAC-Nashville * GLADYS KNIGHT -The Way We Were/ * HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYN- POINTER SISTERS -How Long (ABC/ SWEET- Ballroom Blitz (Capitol) 40- FREDDY FENDER -Wasted Days & Try To Remember (Buddah) 11 5 * OLDS- Fallin' In Love (Playboy) 21- Blue Thumb) * PRIME MOVERS: 25 Wasted Nights (ABC /Dot) 19 ORLEANS -Dance With Me (Asylum) TOP -Tush (London) 38 -28 MIKE POST- Rockford Files (MGM) * II *THREE DOG NIGHT -Til The World * JOHNNY WAKELIN -Black Superman ROBERTS -Rocky (Private Stock) WBGN Green, Ky. NO MOVERS WVBF-FM- Framingham, Mass. AUSTIN -Bowling Ends (ABC) 2216 * (Pye) 24 -18 HAMILTON, JOE FRANK I REYNOLDS- Fallir' * ALICE COOPER-Department Of * II TOP -Tush (London) 29 -23 BAD COMPANY -Feel Like Makin' In Love (Playboy) Youth (Atlantic) Love (Swan Song) JAMES TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is (yt.B.) DAVID GEDDES -Run Joey Run (Big DUKE & THE DRIVERS-What You Got WSGA- Savannah, Ga. Fla. WCAO-Baltimore Tree) WLCY-St. Petersburg, (ABC) DOOBIE BROTHERS-Sweet Maxine NO NEW UST * GLADYS KNIGHT-The Way We Were/ - Waterfall (Elektra) * GLADYS KNIGHT -The Way We Were/ BREAKOUTS: (W.B.) Try To Remember (Buddah) 10-6 ACE - Runaway (An- Try To Remember (Buddah) 10 -7 DAVID GEDDES -Run Joey Run (Big * * BAZUKA- Dynomite (A &M) 19-12 chor) * ORLEANS -Dance With Me (Asylum) AUSTIN ROBERTS -Rocky (Private Stock) Tree) Pa. NO MOVERS * 16 -11 LINDA RONSTADT-It Doesn't Matter Anymore WJET -Erie, * * FREDDY FENDER -Wasted Days & WGH- Newport News, Va. (Capitol) JANIS IAN -At Seventeen (Columbia) * Wasted Nights (ABC /Dot) 26 -18 AUSTIN ROBERTS -Rocky (Private PAUL ANKA/ODIA COMTES-There's Nothing DOOBIE BROTHERS -Sweet Maxine Than Our Love (U.A.) * AMAZING RHYTHM ACES -Third Rate Stock) WPRO- Providence Stronger (W.B.) Romance (ABC) 20-11 WQAM -Miami TRAVIS WAMMACK -More Power To JOHNNY WAKELIN -Black Superman * GLEN CAMPBELL -Rhinestone Cow- You (Capricorn) boy (Capitol) 19 -13 JAMES TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is (Pye) * JAMES TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get * LYNYRD SKYNYRD- Saturday Night (W.B.) Charleston. S.C. (W.B.) 29-22 Down Tonight (TK) CKLW- Detroit Special (MCA) 36 -30 WTMA- * HELEN REDDY -Blue Bird (Capitol) Cow- Pa. Me Rhonda BEE GEES -Jive Talkin' (Atlantic) 11- * GLEN CAMPBELL -Rhinestone SWEET -Ballroom Blitz (Capitol) WRIE -Erie, JOHNNY RIVERS -Help * 30-26 boy (Capitol) 20 -14 Matter TAVARES Takes A Minute (Epic) 6 LINDA RONSTADT -It Doesn't D. -It Only WYRE -Annapolis, Md. THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get * AEROSMITH -Sweet Emotions (Co- Anymore (Capitol) (Capitol) AMBROSIA -Holdin' On To Yesterday * K.C. & Down Tonight (TK) 19-1 D DAVID BOWIE -Fame (RCA) lumbia) 28 -16 BOB SEGER- Katmandu (Capitol)17- CARLY SIMON- Waterfall (Elektra) (20th Century) * Rate TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is AMAZING RHYTHM ACES -Third 13 * OSMOND BROTHERS-The Proud One * JAMES Romance (ABC) * MIKE POST- Rockford Files (MGM) (MGM) 35-23 (W.B.) 17-7 WFUN-Miami * BARRY MANILOW -Could It Be Magic W ORC- Worcester, Mass. HB-24 * JAMES TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is * JOHNNY WAKELIN -Black Superman (Arista) 16-12 HARRY CHAPIN- Dreams Go By WGRD -Grand Rapids (W.B.) 25 -18 (Pye) EX -22 AMERICA-Daisy lane (W.B.) MELISSA MANCHESTER -Midnight HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYN- * (Elektra) NONE Blue (Arista) 11 -5 OLDS- Fallin' In Love (Playboy) AUSTIN ROBERTS-Rocky (Private WLEE- Richmond, Va. * WAR -Why Can't We Be Friends (DA.) Stock) * JAMES TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is WKIX- Raleigh, N.C. 15 -9 DOOBIE BROTHERS-Sweet Maxine * EAGLES -One Of These Nights (Asy- (W.B.) 17-12 Region MANILOW -Could It Be Magic Southeast BARRY Rhinestone Cow- (W.B.) lum) 18 -10 Chair (Cat) * GLEN CAMPBELL- * GWEN McCRAE- Rockin' (Arista) 7-3 boy (Capitol) 16 -10 JUDY COLLINS -Send In The Clowns * SWEET -Ballroom Blitz (Capitol) 14-9 DAVID GEDDES-Run Joey Run (Big (Elektra) Z -96 (WIIM -FM) -Grand Rapids TOP ADD ONS: Tree) * FREDDY FENDER -Wasted Days & D DAVID BOWIE -Fame (RCA) * BEE GEES -Jive Talkin' (Atlantic) 14- (ABC 25 -20 Y -100 (WHYI -FM)- Miami /Ft. Lauderdale Wasted Nights /Dot) WDRC -Hartford DOOBIE BROTHERS-Sweet Maxine DAVID GEDDES -Run Joey Run (Big Tree) 3 Sweet It Is * JAMES TAYLOR -How AMBROSIA -Holdin' On To Yesterday (D) BOWIE-Fame (RCA) JANIS IAN -At Seventeen (Columbia) (W.B.) DAVID * AMAZING RHYTHM ACES -Third Rate (W.B.) 19 -13 Run (Big (20th Century) * HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYN- CARPENTERS-Solitaire (A &M) Romance (ABC) 21 -13 DAVID GEDDES -Run Joey TOP -Tush (London) OLDS- Fallin' In Love (Playboy) 30- Tree) II REYN- ELTON JOHN- Someone Saved My 23 * HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & * OLDS- Fallin' In Love (Playboy) 29- Life (MCA) 20 -14 * MIKE POST- Rockford Files (MGM) WORD- Spartanburg, S.C. 21 Northeast Region * GLADYS KNIGHT-The Way We Were/ 21-15 PRIME MOVERS: STYLISTICS -Can't Give You Anything * D* CALHOUN- Dance, Dance, Dance Try To Remember (Buddah) 17-11 WTAC -Flint, Mich. (Avco) AMAZING RHYTHM ACES -Third Rate Romance (Warner /Sceptor) 22 -14 JAMES TAYLOR -How Sweet It Is AUSTIN ROBERTS -Rocky (Private TOP ADD ONS: (ABC) (W.B.) Stock) JOHNNY WBKELIN -Black Superman (Rye) THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Por Amor Vivi WTRY- Albany (London) II TOP -Tush FREDDY FENDER- Wasted Days & Wasted JOHN WILLIAMS -Theme From Jaws remos (A &M) * WQPD- Lakeland, Fla. NO NEW LIST D* ISLEY BROTHERS -Fight The Power Nights (ABC /Dot) (MCA) EX -22 EARTH, WIND & FIRE -That's The Way Of The DOOBIE BROTHERS -Sweet Maxine (fT -Neck) EX -25 * BAD COMPANY -Feel Like Makin' World (Columbia) (W.B.) * * JUDY COLONS -Send In The Clowns Love (Swan Song) 17-9 BARRY MANILOW -Could It Be Magic (Arista) Love (Elektra) 25-23 BREAKOUTS: -Get It Up For * (RCA) WIXY -Cleveland * JANIS IAN -At Seventeen (Columbia) AMAZING RHYTHM ACES -Third Rate DAVID GEDDES-Run Joey Run (Big Tree) WAYS -Charlotte, N.C. * PRIME MOVERS: WPTR- Albany AMERICA -Daisy Jane (W.B.) 29 -12 Romance (ABC) K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get NO NEW LIST K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get Down * CHARLIE RICH -Every Time You HUDSON BROS.- Rendezvous (MCA) Down Tonight (TK) ORLEANS -Dance With Me (Asylum) Tonight (TK) Me 28 -16 Touch (Epic) GLADYS KNIGHT -The Way We Were /Try To * HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYN- BAD COMPANY -Feel Like Makin' Remember (Buddah) * OLDS-Fallin' In Love (Playboy) 17- Love (Swan Song) AEROSMITH -Sweet Emotions (Columbia) * 12 D* ISLEY BROTHERS -Fight The Power WMFJ Daytona Beach, Fla. D* ISLEY BROTHERS -Fight The Power (T -Neck) 21 -8 - (T -Neck) 19 -13 * ELTON JOHN- Someone Saved My POINTER SISTERS -How Long (ABC/ Copyright 1975 Billboard Publica- Atlanta Life (MCA) 15-2 Blue Thumb) BREAKOUTS: WGCL -Cleveland Q l- tions, Inc. No part of this publication PAUL ANKA /ODIA COATES- There's DAVID GEDDES Joey Run (Big in a re- WAR -Why Can't We Be Friends (DA.) -Run K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -Get Down may be reproduced, stored Nothing Stronger Than Our Love in JANIS IAN -At Seventeen (Columbia) Tree) Tonight (TK) trieval system, or transmitted. any WNOX -Knoxville (U.A.) form or by any means, electronic, * HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYN- DUKE & THE DINERS-What You Got (ABC) HUDSON BROTHERS- Rendezvous mechanical, photocopying, record- OLDS- Fallin' In Love (Playboy) 21- * FREDDY FENDER -Wasted Days & NO NEW UST * POINTER SISTERS -How Long (ABC /Blue (MCA) 21-16 Thumb) ing, or otherwise, without the prior 12 Wasted Nights (ABC /Dot) HB -16 publisher. * MELISSA MANCHESTER -Midnight written permission of the * LYNYRD SKYNYRD- Saturday Night * LYNYRD SKYNYRD- Saturday Night * Blue (Arista) 14 -5 Special (MCA) 18-13 Special (MCA) 26 -17 *

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www.americanradiohistory.com 20 Rodio-TV Programming HEART ATTACK FATAL LAST APRIL Trow & Pepsi -Cola Will The Tom Donahue Tapes; One Take Rock To Schools LOS ANGELES -Rick Trow Productions, Philadelphia, and Pepsi - Cola will team up to take to more than 7,500 high schools in Final Interview By a Student combination with local radio stations. multi -media pres- and the first part of 1966. Did a lot of D. It was West Coast. Rick Akins of the Trow firm, which specializes in EDITOR'S NOTE: Just a couple the shows at the . We did the F. Why? entations and has toured high schools for several years, says that of days before he died of a heart radio sta- last Beatles gig in '66. That was the D. I think that San Francisco is current production -"The Great Teen" -was tested by WOLF attack April 28, Tom Donahue, gen- drew a last one they ever did. Guess we put the place where all the weirdos in tion in Syracuse earlier this year at a high school assembly and eral manager of KSAN in San Fran- live them out of business. In fact, since your high school class came to. It "standing ovation." The show has taped tunes that demonstrate cisco and recognized `Father of Pro- then George and John told me how was the final promontory, it was commentary from a local air personality. It's educational entertainment gressive Radio," gave this interview in the greets a presentation with they knew it was going to be their here or off the bridge. I think that and nearly every high school nation on tape to a college radio student, last concert. Because I'd asked why San Francisco was always a city in open arms. Carl Flothow, then music director of 1, assemblies will were taking so many pictures of which it was easier to do new things. The official tour gets underway Jan. though some KFJC, an FM station on the campus they each other that night. KMPX was actually the first place - be held at the beginning of the school year as per usual. Radio stations of Foothills College in Los Altos in cities such as Atlanta, Philadelphia, New Then, I didn't do anything for a on a full -time basis -where that kind have already been lined up Hills near San Jose, Calif. This is the more lav- couple of years. Sort of a geriatric of programming was attempted. York, Boston and Los Angeles. The Pepsi version will be even first installment of two parts. 45- salute to the American teen- dropout. I started at KMPX in April There were variations on a station in ish than Trow's usual show. The minute more teens before the of 1967, and we were there till New York ... there were people ager will be seen, Akins estimates, by 10 million or F. When did you break into radio? March 1968. In May of 1968 I joined doing things in college radio stations conclusion. D. First gig I had was in Charles- KSAN. with nobody listening but their Trow worked out details on the show with Joe Block, vice president with offices ton, W. Va., at a radio station called F. Did you leave KYA because roommates. There's always someone of public relations for Pepsi and his assistant Joe McCann, WTIP in 1949. I was doing the you had, by that time, conceived of a to say, "I did that in '36 or '49," what in Purchase, N.Y. at last equivalent of Top 40. Pop music, format less stringent than Top 40? the hell. It's not important who is Akins and a crew presented an earlier version of the show was a country sta- Forum at the Plaza Hotel in r &b. It basically D. When I first went there, we first. KMPX was the first place to do year's International Radio Programming tion, but I did very little country on played close to 100 records. If you it on an organized basis and on a New York. it. Went to work in Washington, changed them enough and you had full -time basis. I for a D.C., in 1950. worked station a big collection of oldies, which we F. Why did you leave KMPX? Washing- that was then located in did, you didn't get bored. Main rea- D. Our checks kept bouncing; It was owned by the Washing- ton. son I left in 1966 was, not only some- management was also starting to in- Post, WINX. There, I did basi- ton one had to go take care of the record terfere in the music selection. I think Vox Jox r Mostly r &b. cally &b and pop. business we had started, but, when I the first hassle was over a classical By CLAUDE HALL Then I went to work in Philadelphia, left we were playing 30 -35 records selection we played in the afternoon Hello, WIBC, late 1950. Originally, I did LOS ANGELES -Out of the Jose, Calif. 408 -268 -8712.... and this little "creep -o" at the radio one time. It was ludicrous because How come you jazz and sports. I had done a lot of woodwork springs the Snarkleish Corky Mayberry. station was picking them out. He we had gone into a radio station that letter and words of Grahame Rich- never call? sports at the other stations, too. right didn't have any idea what the was on the verge of bankruptcy-the ards. Just this past week. Then Rick * * * WIBC went to a Top 40 format, ones were. Then he had me doing telephones had been disconnected. 1958. Left there in 1960; I did talk Sklar ABC radio called; he'd gotten "Concert Key" is a 12 -hour imagi- my show live from a booth at the It was a foreign language operation a letter from Grahame, too. Ob- shows for a while. Then went to teenage fair in San Mateo. that was completely crippled and, nary concert of the world's leading KYA in 1961. It was a San Francisco viously, the whole world got letters rock artists -a syndicated program There was -s Slingerland drum ex- initially, I just took over 6 p.m. to the past week from Richards, a man Top 40 operation; worked there till hibit on one side and a Vox Guitar midnight. now being marketed by Feature 1965. because Bob Mitch- who has been underground for some It Left there exhibit on the other side. Sheer caco- When I went to work there, I was Communications. was produced I a record while, but not as long as his part- History ell and had put together phony drove me out. I told them I offered a lot of money to go back to by Don Bruce, who did "The ner -Bud Connell. Bud used to pro- Bil- business. couldn't take it anymore. work for KYA, but I was really con- Of Country Music" and Wayne Biggest time for our whole corpo- gram KXOK in St. Louis about the lingsley of Feature Communi- However, up to this time it hadn't vinced that my show would work. turn of the century, which should rate efforts in records was 1962 -65, been as restictive a format on KYA. After my show succeeded, we added cations. For details on the show, call give you some idea of how long I've Jim Russell, company president, at You could see it from the beginning Bob McClay and slowly eliminated was been around and how long he 813 -837 -3448. Show has already . .. oh, I date it to ' first al- the foreign language broadcast that vaguely missing. Anyway, the firm is bum, Dylan's album, things by the was on the air until by September we aired on WFSO in St. Petersburg, Connell /Richards and it's located in Fla., and WDIZ in Orlando, Fla. Byrds, Stones ... where you wanted were full -time. However, the people Marina del Rey, Calif. and the whole album, and we did who were so (Continued on page 22) SAN FRANCISCO to play the owned the station phone is 213 - 823 -0363. They deal in play some cuts from albums. It was deeply in debt that it got to be a mat- research, analysis and program- is our hometown considered really innovative daring ter of their inability every week to ming. Consultants. Grahame to play anything besides the single meet the meager payroll, which was worked in Top 40 as a program di- Bubbling Under The BRING SWEATERS that had been released and you were $100 a week for disk jockeys. They rector and before he went under- limited to how often you could do couldn't even make that without the in August is cool ground was manager of KFAC that. I just had this idea that, it was checks bouncing, and they would Los Angeles, a classical music sta- HOT 100 sebastian stone all dumb. switch bank accounts once in a tion. Plus, there wasn't any reason for while. 01 -CALL ME YOUR ANYTHING MAN, Bobby * * * Scepter 12405 willis duff music to be restricted. The audience F. Why the move to KSAN? Moore, Boys, Capitol 4110 had grown and changed. They had D. Basically, they were the ones Emile Guillermo, a junior at Har- 102 -BARBARA ANN, Beach dove crane 103 -DOOR NUMBER THREE, Jimmy Buffett, matured and the music had ma- interested in us. I'd talked to other vard, is working this summer on miriam tresser ABC 12113 Yet, the whole approach to people. I talked to the ABC network weekends at KLOL in Houston and tured. 104 -ISLAND WOMAN, Pablo Cruise, A &M 1695 to people hadn't a regularly across the street at KPFT, giving the music at the time, but Metromedia had 105 -LOVE DO ME RIGHT, Rockin' Horse, RCA a Pacifica station. Says that Tony matured. similar operation in New York, 10268 to the I Raven has resigned as program di- F. Who was the first present WNLW -FM. say "similar" because 106 -NAKED AS THE DAY I WAS BORN, Stanley rector of KIOI, though is still on the progressive format. East or West the basic pattern was the same, but Turrentine, Fantasy 745 in Albuquerque is Coast? (Continued on page 22) air.... KRZY 107 -HOT SUMMER GIRLS, Flash Cadillac & The looking for a personality. ... Birdi Continental Kids, Private Stock 45206 Bush has left KFXM in San Ber- 108 -LOVE FOR SALE, lames Last, Polydor nardino, Calif., to work in the video- 15108 of NBC -TV in Bur- Pie, A &M 12,000 In 48 States Will tape operations 109 -ROCK & ROLL MUSIC, Humble bank. 1711 "SEX, MONEY, * * * 110 -HOUSE OF STRANGERS, Jim Gilstrap, Rot On Air Tastes bury 2013 LUST AND GOOD Be Queried Bob Wood, who'd been program Arts has nando Valley area; during his ten- LOS ANGELES -Radio director of CHAM in Toronto, is BEER ARE ALL re- ure, it had one of the best hired Dimensions Unlimited, a looking for work, preferably in the reputations for MOR programming Bubbling Under The VERY search firm, to survey more than U.S. 416 -526 -9268.... Mike Dugan 12,000 citizens in 60 markets in 48 of any radio station in the nation. ! " is now doing the morning show at IMPORTANT Larry ....Yutz states on music preferences. WRCP in Philadelphia; he'd been Vanderveen, president of RA, a ra- out of radio for a while. ... Brian Top LPs dio syndication firm located in the But so is getting into a better Baltimore's WSID Johnson, 714- 375 -4650, is looking; 201 -JAMES LAST, Well Kept Secret, Polydor PD market! suburb of Burbank, says that the We can help. Start by had been at KZIQ in Ridgecrest, 6040 getting into samples of THE questionnaire being hand delivered Airs Black Oldies Calif.; has eight years of experience. 202 -BREWER & SHIPLEY, Welcome To Riddle YUTZMAN LETTER . asks for music preferences on 250 Contemporary original comedy BALTIMORE -What may be the * * * Bridge, Capitol ST 11402 written monthly for radio rock, MOR and country artists. 203 -THE MYSTIC MOOD ORCHESTRA, Ero- personalities. nation's first black oldies format has After more than three and a half Chuck Southcott, program man- genous, Sound Bird 7509 hit the air here at WSID. Bill Parris years as program director of KIOI- Subscribers in major stations in ager of RA, worked with Hal Smith, 204 -PABLO CRUISE, A &M SP 4528 is program director and says the FM-AM in San Francisco, Don the top 10 markets. program director of country-for- 205 -ALBERT BROOKS, A Star Is Bought, Asy sound of the station is aimed at an resigned. No hard feelings matted KLAC here, and Charlie Kelly has lum 7E 1035 Our samples are $5.00. Fully 18-49 age target audience and is was going a Tuna, program director and morn- on either side; station 206 -LARRY CORYELL & THE ELEVENTH refundable -if you don't like us built around a contemporary radio and if you return the samples to ing air personality at KKDJ here, on different direction than Kelly HOUSE, Level One, Arista AL 4052 us in 30 days. structure. is a what to query. wanted to go. Kelly, of course, 207 -PHIL MAZANERA, Diamond Head, Atco SD Payable and mail to: Radio Arts will begin marketing Black gold, he says, is a high -en- pro; worked at KRFC and I remem- 36.113 standard MOR ergy music -flow continuing docu- ber him from his Baltimore pro- 208 -DISCOTECH #1, Motown M6 -824 Si THE YUTZMAN LETTER in mid -September a music programming service called mentary of black music. Twice each gramming days. 415- 937 -7335... . 209 -ODIA COATES, United Artists UA- LA228 -G heYuvntan Bldg .7601 Pet ty las(a. station will examine the Charlie O'Henry, newsman, is look- 210 -CRYSTAL WORLD, Crystal Grass, Polydor Lt uisvdle.KentLKks 40220 "The Entertainers," Southcott pro- hour, the grammed KGIL in the San Fer- history of a black artist. ing;, had been with KSJO in San PD 6516

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www.americanradiohistory.com 22 Radio-TV Progrommin9 Tom Donahue Tapes: One Vox Jox Continued from page 20 While in the states, Kerr and ations director of WNUS in Chi- Final Interview By a Student Hughes want to visit some radio sta- cago, reports that the station is soon John Kerr, studio supervisor of Continued from page 20 tion. Then I came back in May of 2CA radio station in Canberra, Aus- tions in Sacramento and Fresno. to go with a new sound and is look- naturally it was a different style. I 1972, I guess, as the manager. When tralia, writes that he and Ron "We're extremely anxious to soak up ing for both male and female air per- don't think stations should sound you're working Saturday night you Hughes, assistant manager, will be as much as we can, as Canberra is sonalities. ... Len Anthony, the for- alike. I think they each should reflect don't know what the hell is going on. attending the eighth annual Inter- soon to get its second commercial ra- mer Len Armstrong of KLAK in some of the community they're in. You just come in and do the show national Radio Programming Fo- dio station -2CC goes on the air in Denver, is now programming We at the time were also running and leave. I know there were hassles rum. Some of the others who regis- October, giving us our first competi- KXRB and KIOV in Sioux Falls, KFPC in Los Angeles -similar to between Metromedia and the radio tered today include Don Hofmann, tion. Canberra is a city of nearly S.D. The lineup features Denny KMPX, but oriented to that city. station during that period. To be program director of KVI in Seattle; 200,000, with the surrounding areas Oviatt 6 -10 a.m., music director Rick There was man very frank, I never had any. The ba- John Lund, program director of making our potential audience near Stewart 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Ralph Emery a named George Duncan, who is now president of the sic responsibility that I have is to run WNBC in New York; Brent Larson, the quarter-million mark and it is for (syndicated country show out of Metromedia radio division, who was the radio station ... not to get in president of the Larson Group of that reason that we choose cities like Nashville) 2 -3 p.m., Len Anthony 3- then managing WNFW -FM, and trouble ... and to make money. As stations headquartered, I think, in Sacramento and Fresno." 6 p.m., and Kurt Andrews 6 -9 p.m. there was a man named John Sulli- long as I do that, I find they leave me Seattle; Jack Lane, general manager * * * Anthony adds: "We are in the proc- van who was head of radio for Met- alone. In fact, they gave me a lot of of KPRI in San Diego; Ron Rodri- ess of publishing a weekly playlist to Eric Small has designed a new romedia. Bob McClay initially good advice. gues, music director of KSFS at San all record stores and our listeners. FM broadcast limiter that is "radical talked to him. Then Bob and I went F. The most recent listener com- Francisco State Univ.; Gerald Kend- "We found out that it's extremely in concept and spectacular in per- back and had conversations about plaint is that KSAN is becoming too rick, program director, and Don formance -the Optimod 8000." difficult for listeners to purchase commercial. country singles in the retail stores. converting KSAN. KSAN was then Mabee, air personality at CHNS in Small can be reached at 415 -421- D. They have been saying that We are going to try to correct that sit- KSFR, a classical station. Halifax, Canada; Forien Wineriter, 3894. since about a month after we went uation in this market by offering the F. What was Metromedia's inter- program director of KSL in Salt * * * on the air with KMPX. I mean, radio retail outlets a weekly survey est in you? Lake City; James Gallant, oper- and has to support itself, because that's Jim Scott, who worked at such on -air promotion so listeners will D. They saw that running a classi- ations director of WMAL in Wash- how we get paid. We have what we stations at WRCQ and WDRC in know where they can buy records. cal operation was only moderately ington; and Kent (Jerry Stevens) think is a pretty strict commercial Hartford, Conn, is in California and We hope this will stimulate successful and they could see from Roduck, program director of CJBK sales." policy of eight commercial minutes looking for air work; has program- Anthony says his station could use what they were doing with WNFW- in London, Canada. an hour. We don't often make that. ming experience, too. 213- 769 -1922. better service, especially from UA FM, the potential for that general Right now, during this time of the ... Melvin LaForce, vice president Records. The FM station carries kind of radio success. They knew year, we are running about three an of KSTT, Davenport, Iowa, writes: Drake -Chenault's "Great American that we had been comparatively suc- hour. That's compared with the Na- "You mentioned that Scott Carpen- Country" package 6 a.m.- midnight. cessful, in a sense that we had taken A New Release Sweeping was programming our station tional Assn. of Broadcasters' recom- Across The Country By ter And Watermark's "American Coun- nothing and made it in to a profit- mendation of 18 minutes as max- through a consultancy arrangement. try Countdown" by Don able operation which KMPX hosted ... imum. JIMMY DOCKETT I wish to inform you that this is to- Bowman is aired Sunday afternoons. was. KMPX was making a profit be- So, it's less than half of what the tally untrue. Scott Carpenter was "If you should see Don Bowman, we cause it was paying extremely small average radio station is running. We our program director through June can use some new promos." salaries. 30, 1975, upon which date he re- sure would like to get eight minutes * * * F. In the beginning, there seemed signed. Kim Gilbert was our music because that's what pays the bills. "MAIN to be some sort of disagreement be- director up until that time. I have Jack Hayes: Call Pat Ballengee, Oh yeah, let's face it, KMPX started tween Metromedia and the KSAN FEATURE" never heard of The Penetrators and 415 -563 -1424, regarding some insur- out with no commercials, so lots of ace money that may be coming to staff. people got to know FFR-7001 in no way are Scott Carpenter and the station dur- Kim Gilbert connected with KSTT you.... Tommy Kramer, 318 -865- D. There was a period of time ing those days when there were none now. Presently, I am looking for a 1273, is looking for a job; he'd been when I was doing just Saturday ... or very few ... commercials. qualified program director." at Heftel's FM station in Honolulu shows, so I'm not totally conversant They hawk back to that, but, I mean, An Excerpt From on page * * * (Continued 35) with all that was going on at the sta- it's rather impractical to expect radio The Main Feature" to operate without some form of rev- Brach D. Cox is program director enue. "You're the Main, Main Feature of a short -wattage operation at Programming Evaluations F. KSAN has become possibly the in My Life Rocky Mountain High School in most influential station in the Bay I'd Buy a Ticket Just To See Fort Collins, Colo. The students Area. Yet, there is no progressive You Each Night" have put together a radio station competion in San Francisco. with they A Feature Of Radio Forum virtually no money and D. We have other competition, I with Continued from page 3 sales demographic standpoint and a All Inquiries need a donation of carts tape. mean if you want to talk about it, in market research studies and his programming standpoint. Ralph FLO -FEEL RECORDS, INC. Can anybody help them? from around the Bay Area. In the partners are Willis Duff and Dave Barnes, general manager of WOKY 166 -26 - 89th Ave. * * * sense that KTIM is competitive and Crane. The workshop will be Aug. in Milwaukee and forum coordina- Jamaica, N.Y. 11432 A note from John Rook posts me KOML. (212) 657-3232 14 and is titled: "Audience Bio- tor, will present a film on radio ad- F. But, none in the city. that he is now consulting KROY in Feedback Techniques." vertising, followed by a panel dis- Sacramento. ... Harry King, oper- cussion with Bud Stiker, general D. No. We have had, but we don't The list of speakers and moder- now. I like to see competition come ators for the Forum continues to manager, WHEN in Syracuse, and other managers. along every once in a while. I like to build, with Lew Witz, station man- knock it on its ass ... but I also like it ager of WCFL in Chicago, enlisted Dimensions in News will be han- because I think it keeps everyone on to moderate the bio- feedback ses- dled by Dave Cooke, news director their toes and makes them do a bet- sions. Jerry Clifton, national pro- of KFRC in San Francisco, Bill Sie- ter job. Let's go back to one other Billboard gram director of Bartell Media, New vert, music editor of Earth News, thing you asked about earlier ... the Continental U.S. & Canada York, will speak in a session on ad- San Francisco, and Doug Herman, playing of pop cuts. We try to play vance avenues in promoting a sta- vice president of Dynamics Pro- the best music we can find. Some- 3 years (156 issues) 1 year via airmail $100 $110 tion. Lee Abrams of Kent Burkhart gramming Services, San Diego. times the best music we can find 2 years (105 issues) $ 85 6 months (26 issues) $30 & Associates, Atlanta, and Jim Mad- A unique highlight that will close turns out to be popular either after dox, program director of KDAY in off the Forum except for the Awards we play it at the time we it, 1 year ( 52 issues) $ 50 payment enclosed bill me or find Los Angeles, will speak in a music Dinner Saturday night will be a but I don't see anything wrong with Rates on request for other countries. Group subscription workshop. Pete Bennett, a New York presentation of "The Ultimate Ra- that. I mean I'm not trying to run rate available. Circulation manager, Jack Shurman, N.Y. record promotion executive, will dio Stations Of .... Chuck Blore, cult radio and play obscure songs for join the panel devoted to promoting Jack McCoy, Jim Hilliard and oth- obscure people. We are after a mass records. ers. Two more of the nation's out- audience. Change of address Rick Frio, vice president and di- standing radio men will present 12- F. There are times a cut gets more rector of marketing for MCA Rec- 15 minute produced tapes of what than its share of airtime. ords, Los Angeles, and Mike Harri- they think an ultimate radio station D. It's to be expected in the sense If you are moving, let us know six weeks in son, program director of KPRI in should sound like, then will defend that we are not telling the disk advance. Attach old label here, or write in code San Diego, will talk on albums and them against questions and state- jockey what to play. Each disk numbers from mailing label and print new how they relate to radio, both from a ments from the audience. jockey plays what he or she selects address below. This session will be moderated by out the library. We talk to them ev- Code Numbers Blore, head of Chuck Blore Creative ery once in a while. Say, "Hey, Iowa Station Will Services, who will also produce his you're playing the same things over own version of what an ultimate ra- and over again." We have a list we Adopt Gospel Format dio station should sound like. make. It's what you might call a New Renewal Change of Address All day Saturday is open so that backwards list because the an- those attending the Forum may tour nouncers keep a list of what they CENTERVILLE, Iowa -Effective Mall to San Francisco on their own. play as they play it. Aug. 1, KCOG -FM will switch from The International Radio Pro- Then at the end of the week we go P.O. Box 2156, Pa. to a music Billboard Publications, Radnor, 19089. beautiful music gospel gramming Forum draws program over those music sheets and we make format, according to Kelly D. Neff, directors and general managers up complaints so that everyone is Name AM music director of KCOG- -FM. from all over the world, including aware of what's being played on the Address "We are in dire need of both gospel Peru, Brazil, New Zealand, Aus- station. They can get an idea of what music and canned gospel programs tralia and England. they are not playing of what's City, State, Zip that anyone might have available," Registrations are still being taken around. The weekend people keep Neff says. Nature of Business by mail. Send $200 to: International an idea of what's happening and A50001 "We'll be trying something that Radio Programming Forum, 12th also you get an idea of what's being hasn't been tried, to my knowledge, Floor, 9000 Sunset Blvd., Los An- played too much. to any great extent in Iowa." geles, Calif. 90069. Continued next week

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www.americanradiohistory.com Paul Anka is on the road again. Fourteen years ago he was one So in order to help motivate contemporary people and "to help Onstage, Paul Anka is a performing contemporary Irving Ber- singer among many in 's rock 'n' roll caravans. Monday Caesars" Anka has been contacting superstars about doing what lin, falling into the category with a Paul Williams, only Anka is (4) he headlines at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles to launch a he calls special events during the times he's the headliner in the more of a spectacular showman than Williams. major which will take him to large venues in New hotel's main showroom. There are certain acts that can do one His songs have had spectacular success during the dry period York, Chicago, St. Paul, Milwaukee, Columbus, Montreal, To- night in the new ballroom. So I've been making calls. Stevie Won- when he wasn't performing. He says it's easiest to write for a ronto, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and the Howard Cosell der is the closest.... I'm the catalyst ... I'm representing the hotel singer who isn't a writer himself. And with most chart acts writing ABC -TV show on Sept. 20. getting people together ... is like being an impresario in a way their own material, the core of singers who don't write their own Paul Anka at 34 is back in show business on all levels. And as he because it's natural for me since I work here." material is small indeed. celebrates his 20th year as an entertainer, he will star in a series Anka, tanned from living in Sun Valley, Idaho (he splits his time Where does he do his composing? "The road is for writing . . . of specials for ABC -TV (format unknown), is moving into produc- between a second residence in Las Vegas), says Stevie Wonder especially at night. For some reason you're on a pulse there. I tion of motion pictures, is working as an impresario for Caesars would need $50,000 to play Vegas for one night. He's also spoken wrote 'My Way' in New York; 'Having My Baby' in Lake Tahoe; Palace in Las Vegas to bring superstar contemporary perform- to James Brown about the idea. Although Brown was a flop at the One Man Woman' in Muscle Shoals; 'I Don't Like To Sleep Alone' ance to town as "special events" and is producing an LP for his Hilton several years ago, Anka feels he can score on a one -night in Cleveland and 'Anytime' in part in Puerto Rico. Material for his musical director. situation. The ballroom can seat from 1,200 to 4,000 persons. next LP was written in Sun Valley. Melodies come first. That might take two weeks. "My main idea I Paul Anka backstage at develop in a couple of hours." Anka has been writing all his ca- Caesars Palace where reer, when as a 15, 16 and 17- year -old he toured the country and world as a rock 'n' roller. His string of teenage hits are recalled these photos were taken, the during his nightclub act. expresses all the moods His recent compositions on UA, "Having My Baby" and "I Don't of life which he writes Want to Sleep Alone," opened new vistas of thought for him. Their about. controversal themes were not censored anywhere. "I wrote them because people live them," he explains, adding: "controversy

doesn't hurt and I realize people feel these thoughts. People are

on an honesty trip. I wasn't saying anything foreign." For his next LP which he doesn't want to have released until next year, he's written some skeptical songs, some with political themes, some based on authors and some very personal reactions

to hard times in his life. He's written a song about Canada ( "how I wasn't accepted "), about the fear of death and one titled "Life Is A Fucked Up Song." As for these last two works, he says people are afraid of profan- ity, of opening themselves up. He says he' tried these songs out on friends, but they won't emerge anyplace for a couple of years. National Tour, TV Specials, Films Key His Re- emergence

The timing isn't right for him to advance to this plateau in public. By ELIOT TIEGEL When he does perform them, "it will be a breakthrough for me, but the key is timing." He admits having taken a chance with "Ha- ving My Baby." "That meant being totally honest." This tour will probably mean new songs. A number of the cities he will play were on the itinerary 14 years ago for the rock pack- age. "I was the only white kid on the bus," he recalls. "It was great training."

Billboard photos by Bonnie Tiegel

3:30 a.m.: Anka does an im- promptu number with Odia Coates.

Anka's strong stage presence, his warmth and communicative spirit during his show reflects all the one -nighters and stop and go All of this activity, especially this propulsion into personal ap- early days of his career. pearances, is predicated on the success he has had with his He worked and hung out with Fats Domino, the Platters, Chuck United Artists Records. Berry, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly and the Clovers. "I was

Anka feels the public knows him again. "I've just stayed away young and loving it because they were my idols. When I started until the records started again," he explains backstage at Caesars you were lucky to make $800 a week with a No. 1 record. early one Sunday morning after completing his midnight show. Today, Anka is a millionaire. He has his own jet plane, is now But don't get the impression that he's been sitting still counting doing TV commercials for Kodak, received a handsome sum for all his money. He has plenty of that and plenty of success as a the sale of his copyrights to Gordon Mills five years ago and draws of renown, with "My Way" written in 1968 and re- rewarding royalties for all his copyrights. corded by Frank Sinatra being instrumental in getting the kid Anka also mentions Elton John, the Pointer Sisters and Freddie He estimates he earns $20,000 -$30,000 a year from the from Ottawa back into the spotlight of notoriety. "My Way" and Prinze as the kinds of attractions he believes are missing from "Tonight Show "TV theme which has been running 10 years. And "She's A Lady" recorded by Tom Jones "got me back into the mu- Vegas' entertainment menu. with the contract due to expire with Gordon Mills in a few months, sic business," Anka admits. "Now I'm working on the performing He says he can scale the house from $10 -$18 and people hip to there is already a scramble among publishers to land the Anka ac- aspect. I really hadn't found myself with my records." these acts wouldn't flinch about paying those prices. These con- count. The Spanka catalog is currently administered by MCA. After a stint with RCA in 1962 and a shot with Buddah in 1968 certs would be staggered either at 10 p.m. or 2 a.m., so his au- Having bought back his six LPs with 15 hits from ABC for

(when he wrote "Do I Love You"), he was "looking for my thing" dience could saunter from the main showroom into the ballroom. $250,000, he's just leased them to American International for a when he met Phil Skaff who brought him to UA and set him up Anka says he wants to experiment with three special events for handsome guarantee for five years and then these early hits re- with producer nearly two years ago. an audience 20 and up and he hopes to get the series in flight vert to him. On this tour Anka is bringing along Odia Coates, the young lady within six months. Anka traces placing his songs with other performers to 1957 from Oakland who sings on his records and whose career he is As for the concert tour, Dee Murray, now living in Los Angeles, when Johnny Nash recorded "I Lost My Love Last Night :' guiding; musical director Johnny Harris, whom he has moved to would come and do several numbers with Anka. The tour will take Rarely does he know when he starts writing a song who he'll the U.S. from his native London; Chip Monck, whose dramtic them to the Westchester Premier Theatre Aug. 11; Chicago Audito- give it to. "I usually know in the middle who it's good for." During lighting effects were a decided plus for Anka's show at Caesars rium (22); St. Paul- Minneapolis Fair (23); Milwaukee Auditorium the year's when no one was recording his songs he says he felt "it Palace (marking the first time Monck has been hired to light a (24); Montreal Forum (27); Toronto for the Canadian National Ex- wasn't my time. You have to be a realist. You don't panic, you Vegas show), and Dee Murray, Elton John's former bassist for five position (28); Cleveland Coliseum (29); Pittsburgh Syrian Mosque don't force." I always have five in the can because I don't want to

years. (30) and the Cincinnati Gardens (31). The orchestra will range have people feel I keep the best for myself." Sinatra has recorded As a result of his hit singles, he's been building up his rational- from 18 to 40 pieces, that number working in Toronto. three of his tunes: "My Way," "Let Me Try Again" and "Anytime" ity for playing these large venues, harking back to the point that The TV series is part of his manager Bobby Roberts' career de- a recent single. His turndowns are very few because "I don't go to he didn't want to play the large auditoriums until he had "the rec- sign. "I'll do four a year," Anka notes, "whenever I want. I'm look- many artists. I'm not looking for a bunch of records." Add Barbra ords." "If they hadn't happened," he admits, "I wouldn't have ing for a new format; I don't want to get caught in the same tired Streisand ( "Jubilation "), Andy Williams and James Last to the list wanted to go on the tour." bullshit." He also doesn't want to get locked into having to do a of stars interpreting his works. Part of the psychology of doing the tour is that Anka doesn't regular series if the ratings for the specials are super. Anka is turning producer for musical conductor Johnny Harris' want to be tagged "a Las Vegas act." He's been playing the gam- "People haven't seen me; it's a whole new growth for me. I've first instrumental LP. It'll be disco -oriented and Anka will sell the bling resort 14 years (at the Sahara, Sands, Flamingo and at Cae- not been overexposed." The L.A. engagement is his first in that master. It's half done.

sars for the past five years). "It's been the only place I could learn city in 14 years. His last appearance there was at the Cocoanut In November he'll make his first tour of Europe in five years,

my craft safely. Recently I felt I hid to get into the contemporary Grove as a headliner. working Germany, Switzerland, France, Monte Carlo and Eng- scene. Vegas can't be the total; it's a big mistake ... in fact a lot Manager Roberts, who along with partner Hal Landers are suc- land. And that tour will undoubtedly produce more new songs. For of contemporary acts should play Vegas. Stevie Wonder and Neil cessful independent film producers, have taken Anka into that himself and others, for Paul Anka likes to share.

Diamond should come. I think they're afraid of losing some of facet of their operation and he is enthusiastic about looking for their audience because of the booze and two shows a night." properties and possibly writing music for them. Art direction: Bernie Rollins www.americanradiohistory.com 25 Talent_ DALY +WILSON READY 306,000 At SEATS 75,000 Australia's Top Big Band Milwaukee's Rock, R&B To Help Open I Soon To Debut In U.S. New Orleans Superdome By DAVE DEXTER JR. MILWAUKEE -The 1975 Sum - By JIM MELANSON merfest here July 3 -13 was the most NEW YORK Superdome, based in LOS ANGELES -An unusual Jacobsen of Sydney, in lining up -The PACE, Houston, has successful in its eight -year history New Orleans' new 75,000 -seat been promoting 10 collaboration involving four promi- venues for what is said to be the shows for the last with 306,000 paid admissions, up arena, has nent tradesters in Sydney, Los An- "most musical big band outside the scheduled a years, says Becker. The company's from 215,000 in 1974. Another and r geles, New York and Atlanta will U.S" an &b show as part of a 16-day main emphasis, though, has been in 200,000 free admissions were dis- grand opening pro- bring the 17 -piece Daly +Wilson entertainment the area of circus, motorcycle races, Also participating in the venture tributed to the disadvantaged by Aug. 29 14. Big Band of Australia to the U.S. gram through Sept. etc. -and mostly at the Houston As- are Bob Harrington, vice president Summerfest sponsors. Featured this fall for a series of concert ap- on the rock bill will be trodome. and general manager of GRC Rec- The talent budget was $250,000 such artists as the pearances in at least a dozen major Allman Brothers (Continued on page 35) ords in for acts including LaBelle; Earth, cities. Atlanta, and Bobby Weiss of Band, Charlie Daniels, the Marshall One World Music, Wind & Fire; James Taylor, the The tour will mark the first Aus- Of Los Angeles, Tucker Band and the Wet Willie who brought the band's disks to Beach Boys and Johnny Rodriguez. Band. Tickets, tralian- American tie in observing on an unreserved GRC last One by Summerfest seating capacity is this nation's bicentennial and will year. album seating basis, will be about $10 a Unsurpassed in Quality Daly + Wilson has been issued in the 25,000 per show. Henry Jordan is ex- shot. follow a two -week trek through Rus- The concert, sched- U.S. on GRC's Elephant ecutive vice president of the oper- sia by the Daly +Wilson aggrega- label. uled for Sept. 5, will be part of foot- ation. ball weekend revolving a 12¢ tion. "We will have a second album in around GLOSSY Willard Alexander, veteran New the stores just before the band ar- Grambling- Alcorn State Univ. EACH IN game (6). York booker, is working energet- rives in America in October," says 1000 LOTS According to Allen Becker, presi- ically with the band's mentor, Kevin Harrington. "In addition to 17 musi- PHOTOS dent of PACE Management Corp., $65" cians, the caravan from down under 1000 POSTCARDS LSignings_l promoter of the domed arena's will also include two singers and a s1595 opening 100 8x10 lighting and stage crew." events, the Superdome's Cincy Gets Its Dr. John moves to United Artists after a num- floor, capable of handling an addi- CUSTOM Assisting Harrington, in Atlanta, ber of years with Atlantic. Legendary New Or- tional 12,000 - 13,000 people, will be COLOR PRINTS per 100 are Oscar Fields and Jim Jeffries. In leans musician will be produced by Bob Ezrin. utilized for both concerts, bringing Own COLOR LITHO Music Fest New York, Alexander is said to have Stuart Setz to Barbara Belle /Lee Newman '185 each show's attendance potential to per t000 CINCINNATI - Promoter -pro- his entire staff involved in booking for management. well over 80,000 people. Danny Luciano and Tommy Monte, of Phila- COLOR ducer Ross Todd will present what is Daly + Wilson. PACE's promotional efforts for '160 delphia Molly billed as the First Ohio River Music -based Records, have signed Philly the 16-day affair will involve radio, POSTCARDS per 3000 Manager Jacobsen, meanwhile, ball players Larry Bowa and Dave Cash to per- Festival at Nippert Stadium on the television and print advertising cov- MOUNTED 20"X30" 30"X40" arrives in the U.S. Aug. 4 to thrash form on a novelty disk. "Ting -A -Ling Double University ering a five -state area. Becker says ENLARGEMENTS S14.00 $20.00 of Cincinnati campus out tour details in New York, At- Play." ... The Muziq Group production firm has that they are hoping for at least Aug. 3, with the Outlaws kicking off lanta and Los Angeles. Daly, a signed Tomorrow, a new group composed of 40,000 -50,000 figures the all -day festivities at noon. drummer, and trombonist Wilson Roger Calleo, Josef Southall, Don DeMieri and attendance for the rock music date. Other units slated to appear are formed the band in 1969 and have Chuck Wheeler. Muziq exec George Chandler is OPAT Aerosmith, Black Oak Arkansas, created wide attention in New Zea- currently producing their first album in New The Superdome, the newest of the oto9ropherr domed entertainment centers in the Blue Oyster Cult, Styx, the Nitty land, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong York's studio.... The Peppers to A Division of JAMES J. KRIEGSMANN Gritty Dirt Band, Mahogany Rush, Kong and throughout Japan, spon- Big Tree Records, with the instrumental "Doctor U.S., asks a rental fee for music dates 165 W. 46th St., N.Y. 10036 Foghat, and Reo Speedwagon. sored by Aussie Benson and Hedges Music" as first release.... Sammy Hager, for- of $20,000 against 20 percent of the (212) PL 7 -0233 A similar venture presented by tobacco interests. Vocalists are Bos- mer lead singer of Montrose, to Jerry Bergh's gross. Detroit promoter Mike Quatro at ton -born Marcia Hines and British Imagination Management. ... Mama's Pride to Crosley Field here five years ago, Jon English. Atlantic Records. The St. Louis -based hard rock band will release its first LP next month, with featuring Ten Years After, Traffic, The Australian government is co- NOW Available: Index to all production by Arif Mardin.... Nashville -based and Alice Cooper, attracted some operating "energetically" in assist- 25,000 rock fans. songwriter Ray Griff to Chappell Music for ad- editorial features 1971 -1973 ing with the Russian and American ministration of his three publishing com- treks, Jacobsen says. panies -Blue Melody, Blue Echo and Blue Band. New San Diego In Atlanta, Harrington concedes Griff's songs have been covered by many of 10 -Day Free Examination that the Daly + Wilson organization country music's top performers. ... British Club Will Open is virtually unknown in North group to Polydor Records.... Juice Newton Now, the music and recording indus- America, but he's confident that the and Silver Spur to RCA, with first LP out in Au- try's major publication offers you year - SAN DIEGO -Sept. 12 is the tar- sound of the group and a well -exe- gust with production by Bones Howe. by -year, simple -to -follow guides to all geted opening night for Bacchanal, a cuted promotional campaign will in- the articles and features contained in its new 759- capacity nightclub here in a sure the tour's success. The closest 1971, 1972 and 1973 issues. shopping plaza with 300 -car park- that Harrington, Jacobsen, Alexan- Each comprehensive index tells you I4Billboa,a 'Index rm ing. der and Weiss can come to describ- Erlanger In how to find the answers to . s r Speth Brothers Inc. owns the club, ing the band's sound is that it is and where all your The defined with veteran local clubman Tom "something like Stan Kenton's, but Philadelphia questions. closely Brannon as talent coordinator. still different and equally brilliant." listings include music publishers, record publishers and such personalities as Going Dark technicians, musicians, and disc jockeys. Billboard Indexes PHILADELPHIA deluxe The also contain list- -The for Trenton's Plans For Rock center -city Erlanger Theatre, which ings record and concert reviews as has served as a setting for a night well as important developments and Mecca Go Up In Flames club, a discotheque, a Broadway concerns within the industry. musical house and for rock concerts, So have all the pertinent and useful By MAURIE ORODENKER has called it quits after a 20 -month facts found in "Billboard" right at your TRENTON, N.J. -Any prospects date for Cat Stevens the day before try by Harry Jay Katz, who claims fingertips. Send for your copy(ies) of the of this city, half-way between Phila- the fire, and that Bruce Spring - losses of $20,000. Katz, whose par- Billboard Indexes! delphia and New York, becoming a steen's manager already approved ents own the theatre property, was major rock concert center, went up the hall. While concerts can still be issued a vacate order, effective Sept. Detach Along Dotted Line and Mail Today! in smoke July 16 when the city - held here at the War Memorial 17, by the city's Bureau of Licenses owned Trenton Civic Center was Theatre, Casale says the smaller size and Inspection, unless repairs in the Mail To: Billboard Bookshelf completely demolished by fire. will make it difficult to find groups sprinkler system and leaking roof 2160 Patterson Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45214 There is little likelihood that the to perform there. At a $6 ticket, the are made. send me the below. I understand city will replace the two -block four - 5,500 -seat Civic Center can bring in Please index(es) checked Rather than ante up another if I am not I my story building in a hurry, since the $33,000 as against the 2,000 -seat that completely satisfied, may return purchase $50,000 for the repairs, plus $7,000 within ten days of receipt for full credit or refund. facility was heavily underinsured - War Memorial where the top gross still owed the Philadelphia Electric Enclosed is my check or money order in the amount of only $1.42 million for the building can only be $12,000. "We can't pay Co., which threatened to turn off the $ Include tax in and a mere $36,000 for its contents. anybody $15,000 to play a 2,000 - Publisher pays postage. sales juice, Katz decided to turn the house the of York, Ohio, California, Massa- Earlier this year, the city spent seater when our gross potential is states New Tennessee, back to his parents. He added that chusetts, New Jersey. $80,000 to install bleacher seats and only $12,000," says Casale. the property will probably be torn give the hall a 5,500 -seat capacity, Claire Risoldi, who heads up Billboard Index 1971 i down for a parking lot. Katz, who Hardcover Edition $15.95 Paperback Edition $11.95 plus $7,000 for video equipment. Trenton Entertainment, is already was unsuccessful in realizing his Hardest hit by the burn -out are circulating a petition asking the Playboy Club franchise here, set up Billboard Index 1972 -73 Hollow Moon Concerts and Trenton mayor and City Council to build a a Cafe Erlanger in the lobby of the El in Hardcover Edition only. $29.95 Entertainment, Inc., two local new Civic Center. "Trenton was just theatre and a Katz Meow discotheque Please Note: Orders of $50 or more must be prepaid. agencies staging rock concerts here. starting to come into the lineup of in the lounge. (please print) Both say they have been instrumen- stars for concerts and this deterior- Name tal in making Trenton a rock center ates everything we've been building Closing hurts plans of other pro- with such bookings as Frank Zappa, for the last two years," said Ms. Ri- moters who rented the 1,900 -seat Address the J. Geils Band and James Brown. house originally opened in 1927 at a soldi. She said her firm will present City Ironically, the last concert featured rock concerts at the War Memorial, cost of $2.5 million. Earth, Wind and Fire. but pointed out that it's not good for The city is now left with only one State Zip Sonny Casale, who heads the Hol- the summer because it has no air house, the Forrest Theatre, suitable 1954 low Moon firm, says he arranged a conditioning. for big Broadway musicals.

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FLYING ISLAND twenties, obviously had grown up with the group fronted his own group long ago, but it's good to CANNONBALL ADDERLEY over the years and at times the show smacked of see him back up front where he belongs. MICHAL URBANIAK a rock revival. RICHARD L FRICKER Village Gate, New York The group's newer offerings, with the excep- tion of their rapidly advancing new hit, "Till The An SRO crowd was on hand July 7 for another LONNIE LISTON SMITH World Ends," were greeted indifferently while of jazz radio station WRVR's live broadcasts em- Wollman Rink, New York their chart toppers of seven years ago were ceed by deejay Les Davis. One of the pleasant surprises in the jazz cheered enthusiastically. Garnering particular Recently signed Vanguard artists, Flying Is- world this year has been the success of Lonnie applause were "Liar," "Old Fashioned Love land, an amplified jazz /rock quintet featuring a Liston Smith a young keyboard genius who has Song," ", "and the show woman violinist, opened the show with a six - played with Pharoah Sanders, Leon Thomas and opener, "Sure As I'm Sitting Here." song 45- minute set. On "Even The Birds Wear Gato Barbieri. Without a lot of hype, Smith's Fly- Despite the addition of several new mem- Mahogany Rush Enterprises photo Gas Masks" and "I'd Love To Dance'; the group ing Dutchman album "Expansions" has taken bers, the group's sound remains the same. Canada's Mahogany Rush: Hendrix -style guitar whiz Franke Martino (left), was at its best with violinist Faith Frailoi and off in the jazz market and has crossed over to Jimmy Greenspoon's efforts as concertmaster Paul Harwood, sells controversy and a surprisingly large guitarist Ray Smith providing exciting wah -wah the soul and pop charts. The reason for this suc- with Jim Ayoub and have an indelible stamp of polished maturity leads and exchanges while the rest of the group cess was obvious to anyone who viewed his July number of albums. that has stood the test of time. There is a com- (drums, bass and keyboards) laid down some 19 show as Smith displayed a listenable brand fortable sameness that transcends all their tight, tricky tempoed support. of progressive jazz. tunes which detractors may label monotonous The group clearly depends on Frailoi to take Smith creates strong mellow moods with his Marino Woke but is, In `act, subtly creative and unique. them beyond the ordinary and while she is ca- music that features excellent sax and flute work JIM STEPHEN pable of some fine music her heavy reliance on to go along with his solid keyboard artistry. If Up Playing Like Hendrix the wah -wah, song after song, distorts the indi- the show had a fault it was that it was far too viduality of her instrument and confines the THE STYLISTICS short with the group doing only four long num- By JUAN RODRIGUEZ group to tamer territory then that of which they FREDA PAYNE bers for an audience that wanted much more. MONTREAL -Mahogany Rush, lation and criticism. Marino and are really capable. Queen Mary Suite Melba Moore, who headlined' the show, was a Montreal trio led by guitar whiz fans claim he uses the Hendrix vo- Sandwiched between the two violin -anchored Cunard International Hotel, London reviewed here recently. ROBERT FORD JR. groups was the ever mellow Cannonball Adder - Franke Marino, 20, recently com- cabulary as a launching point, that The summer -long planned season of big - ley Quintet. Cannonball and brother Nat con- pleted its first extensive tour (two in fact he's expanded upon it with name U.S. artists has been cut short at this ill - tinue to play with a distinctiveness and enthusi- months) of the U.S. and has to date use of a dozen pedals attached to his fated venue, with acts like the Mills Brothers, GEORGE DUKE asm that appeals to a large cross section of Avery Fisher New sold some 350,000 albums for 20th guitar. the Supremes and Gene Barry being cancelled. Hall, York listeners. They are always refining themselves, Century Records (in Canada on On the other hand, his detractors The venture, aimed at producing a Las Vegas - Mothers of Invention keyboard whiz George adding a little here, subtracting some bop Kot'ai), with hardly any airplay think him nothing more than a ruth- style cabaret hall in West London, has been Duke opened the bill for the Crusaders' July 18 there and coming up with music that is infec- stateside. less copycat. In the middle of the fraught with problems relating to acoustics, show and displayed potential for greater things tiously good. A reworking of one of their old story is that he storm is a pale flaxen- haired young prices, seating and artistic temperament. in the future. Unfortunately he tended at times Marino's strange songs, "Country Preacher" a gospel- inspired Ironic, then, that in the last full week the Sty- to make uncalled for noises with his electronic freaked out on a bummer LSD trip man who rarely uses anything tune with clapable rhythms showed this exactly. listics should show exactly how to win over an instruments that detracted from his musi- at 14, landed in a hospital for a week stronger than Coca -Cola now and The four -song set could have lasted longer but andience and makè the hall really hum with ex- cianship. Aiding him for this concert were drum- and "woke up" playing like Jimi who is aware of the controversy sur- even in 40 minutes Cannonball imparted citement. One of the world's biggest -selling mer Ndugu (currently with Santana) and Moth- Hendrix. His so-called "imitations" rounding his style. enough of his music and personality to keep sweet -soul teams, the Stylistics are very bit as ers bassist Tom Fowler. are uncanny and have inspired adu- (Continued on page 35) things relaxed during the long set up for the good visually as on record. There were no hang - Because Duke depended too much on his next act. (This may have been his last set for ups over sound production and the visitors per- electronics, the drumming of Ndugu almost some time. Several days later he suffered a fectly created on -disk arrangements with the stole the show with this hard -hitting but inven- stroke in Gary, Ind.) house orchestra, that of Alan Peters. tive style. Most of the tunes during his 45 -min- Vegas Lounges Fade Violinist Michal Urbaniak's quintet proved With that piercingly high -pitched voice of ute set were selections from his solo albums on worth the wait and played intensely throughout duction, is expanding the 450 -seat Russell Tompkins at the very heart of the BASF Records. Since each tune ran together, it Continued from page l its hour-long set. If anything they were almost Starlight Lounge package with brilliant harmonies, the Stylistics had the full - was hard to pick any standout number. too intense, playing in high pitches taken even because of increased costs," reports MGM spinoff artists. house audience clapping during numbers and If Duke can break away from his strict use of higher by the voice of Urbaniak's wiife, Urszula Caesar's Ron Amos. "We put Keno recently showcased cheering after them. A triumph indeed because electronic instrumentation, he might be able to The lounge Dudziak. She uses her soaring voice like an in- in its place." this hall has more often than not housed au- show his real keyboard wizardry. Until that time the Mike Curb Congregation with strument, soloing and igniting exchanges, par- Caesar's eliminated Nero's Nook, diences slow to rouse and generally lethargic. comes, he'll probably stagnate. easy listening, soft rock. The popular ticularly between herself, Urbaniak and guitarist in 1969, The hits flowed. "Thank You Baby," "You The Crusaders were reviewed here previously. which sat 350 customers, Irish Showband, on a 20 -week con- Joe Caro. The music was exploratory in nature Make Me Feel Brand New," "Can't Give You ROBERT FORD, JR. but still operates the offbeat Cleo - tract, and The Mickey Finn Show and performance. Urbaniak reached for the lim- Anything," "Rockin' Roll Baby," and a showcase patra's Barge where trios offer dance also are crowd pleasers. its of his violin but kept finding more and more for the bass voice of James Smith on "The Way music. The Nook spotlighted such Paul Lowden, entertainment di- to go into. The other musicians, especially key - HIDDEN STRENGTH We Were Then." A fine performance all around, acts as Duke Ellington, Woody Her- rector for Argent Inc. which operates boardist Harold Williams, were more than able Wollman Rink, New York blending soul, dignity, energy, pace and style. man and the Checkmates before go- the with the Ha- to go wherever Urbaniak and his wife led them. The music lovers who showed up on time for Stardust along Freda Payne, with musical director Earl Van ing dark. LAWRENCE FROST July 11 Stanley Turrentine, Gil Scott-Heron cienda, downtown Fremont Hotel Dyke, moved strongly through a jazz- tinged set the According to Tony Zoppi of the form and newly opened Marina, is which included tributes to Jacques Brel and show got an added treat in the of an excit- Riviera, the recording industry and presently expanding the Fremont STAN GETZ Stevie Wonder, featured her 1970 hit "Band Of ing new progressive soul band that calls itself television now provide training ex- Hidden Strength. Managed by Jimmy Walsh and Carnival Lounge, which starred KELLEE PATTERSON Gold" midway and ended with a crowd -rousing perience for the new stars, adding Wayne Newton. "The hotels are def- Roxy, Los Angeles treatment of "The Last Blues Song." Namanco (who handles Joe Namath), the group the days of casual impromptu features a powerful lead singer, Roy Herring Jr. initely going contemporary, easy lis- Getz, making his first appearance in this city PETER JONES lounge happenings are gone. and a tight funky sound that fits somewhere be- tening in lounge acts supported by in a long time, brings with him a hard- driving tween standard soul and today's more progres- "The original concept of lounges the main billings," says the Star- quartet sound which bridges past with present. TEEGARDEN & BRUCE sive jazz -funk forms. involved sitting, resting and having dust's Dee Spencer. He is all concentration during his five tune, Magicians Theater, Tulsa, Oklahoma The group had no trouble reaching over to a drink while a guy played the pi- The Argent lounges charge a one - 50- minute set exploring works by Wayne the audience that had come to hear more tradi- ano," reflects Zoppi. "Now it's rock drink minimum. A $5 one cocktail Shorter, Chick Corea and Billy Strayhorn, among Tulsa, Oklahoma tional jazz with their energetic funk. Lead singer music, sophisticated humor and fee was charged by the MGM others. The crowd was especially tickled by In case anyone has been wondering what Herring has a dynamic, virile stage presence and group entertainment." Grand's Lion's Den to see such stars Getz's stone faced demeanor while sitting on a happened to Teegarden and VanWinkle after a strong voice. Also outstanding is bass player Zoppi says the hotel paid out stool listening to sidemen Albert Dailey blaze "God, Love and Rock and Roll," the story is as the Four Aces, Johnny Tillotson Alvin Brown who is adventurous and creative about $50,000 weekly for the legen- away in shotgun fashion on piano; Clint Houston simple. They continued to play the Detroit area and Fabian. and always funky. Electric pianist Grover Under- which provide a rock bottom on standup bass and for a couple of years. Then Teegarden returned dary Starlight Lounge spot- The Sahara closed its Safari wood co- writes all of the group's material with lighted Shecky Greene at $25,000, drummer plow through positive 4/4s to their native Tulsa. Since, he has been playing Lounge, now a piano bar, and Herring, and the two make an impressive song - and then move smoothly into a bossa nova beat at the Shelter Studios, for a short time with Joe Vic Damone at $20,000 and $7,500 moved the tradition -laden Casbar writing team, with an uptempo disco tune called for the closing "Desafinado," Getz's major hit in Walsh, and with the Bill Davis Group, which in- for a 15 -piece band each week. Lounge to a new hotel area. The for- "Hustle Up" standing out. 1962. cluded former Teegarden and VanWinkle side- Although most hotels are phasing mal seating, and big name draws Gil Scott-Heron and Stanley Turrentine have Getz's tenor saxophone remains a romantic man Mike "Monk" Bruce. out lounges, the Stardust, which have been replaced by a revue, some been reviewed here recently. ROBERT FORD JR. instrument and his long -lined improvisations The Teegarden and Bruce arrangement is the headlines with the lavish Lido pro- name acts and backup. with bursts of energy. His tone was soft first time David Teegarden has headlined an act Leonard Entertainment director on Chick Corea's "Day Waves" and Strayhorn's since the T &V split. He couldn't have come up Martin read the economic trends "Lush Life" (his only 100 percent solo effort). with a better location. The Magician's Theater Theater -Jazz Club and crowd appeal and the 300 -seat has established as the place for new acts This group uses the standard format of sax - itself Opens In New York TOP QUALITY Casbar dropped to 175. piano -bass taking solos and Dailey was quite im- to assemble, in addition to being one of the "It's doing twice the business now pressive with his dynamic brand of open handed more exclusive rooms for jams by concert attrac- NEW YORK -A new theater-jazz club, Shirtsleeve Theater, opened . 8X10 at a more casual pace. There's no playing, runs and ripples exploding with con- tions, such as the recent set by the Average tokes and people can come and go," stant fervor. White Band. here recently. Already featured in PRINTS says the Sahara's Bob Brackett. Kellee Patterson, an aspiring jazz singer, is Along with the versatile voice of Teegarden, club performances have been Lee far from finding her right niche. Her half -hour who uses his drums as dams were meant to be Konitz, Jeremy Steig, Seldon Pow- LITHOGRAPHED ON HEAVY GLOSS STOCK The Thunderbird, a Caesars World Inc. hotel, will continue two set was too cute, too coy and too smalltown used, the group also included Joe Stromie, one ell, Mike Lipskin and Bernard Pur- BLACK & WHITE 8x1Os small musical acts in its 90-capacity lounge oriented. She has a nice voice which can of the most energetic new bass players in the die. be purry or gutsy and she works easily through area. 500 -$25.00 1000- $38.00 lounge which offers entertainment Set for Thursday and Friday (7 -8) from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. During 1955 to familiar works (with a good quartet led by pian- While there were a few original tunes, most sets were confined to traditional numbers such is saxophonist Al Cohn; trumpeter COLOR PRINTS 1965, locals flocked to the lounge to ist Gene Russell like "Let's Go Where The Grass as "Midnight Rider." However, none of the ma- Burt Collins, will play Aug. 14 -15. catch such greats as Billy Eckstine Is Greener," "Move Me No Mountain," "Over 1000- $200.00 terial had an imitation sound; it was distinct On the theater side, performances of and Dinah Washington. The Rainbow," "Maiden Voyage" and "Feel Like ELIOT TIEGEL and well -performed. "Guess What Happened To Ben" by Effected by the changing times, Makin' Love." SEND FOR SAMPLES AND COMPLETE PRICES The sets also had a very good blend of solos, Dennis McIntyre are set through ON 8x10s, OTHER SIZE PRINTS, the once -popular lounges are feeling which gave Monk Bruce an excellent opportu- AND POSTERS Saturday (2). The fare for the rest of the entertainment economic pinch THREE DOG NIGHT nity to demonstrate what he had learned in the the month has not yet been an- marked by the switch to super rock Wollman Rink, New York years of playing guitar with B. B. King, Big Mama nounced. group concerts and top name Strip Armed with a vast repertoire of their many Thorton, Freddie King, Bobby Blue Band and a ' PICTURES stars bred from television, movies hits, Three Dog Night drew a sellout crowd to few others. Seating capacity is 100. Jazz ' 1867 E. FLORIDA shows are at 10 p.m. Theater price is SPRINGFIELD, MO. 65803 and the diminishing club- cabaret their 95- minute July 16 performance. The It has been a long time since Teegarden and circuit. crowd, largely in their late teens to early VanWinkle, and David Teegarden should have $2.50; Jazz tab is $3.50.

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These are the albums that have been added to the Billboard nations leading progressive stations. The albums Campus_ are ranked in order of number of stations playing Top the LP. A cross-index appears below showing stations FM t playing specific LPs. 2l Copyright 1975 Billboard Publications. Inc No art of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval L.A. system, Booker or transmitted in any form or by any means. electronic, mechanical. photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

1 OUTLAWS, Arista: WHCN, WABX, WQIV, 12 , MORE PER Does MILES GAL- Things FLASH CADILLAC, SONS OF THE WOUR, WRAS, WNEW, WQFM, WORJ, WBAB, LON, Casablanca: WKTK, WIOT, WMMR, KSHE, BEACHES, WOUR. CJOM, WBRU, WKTK. KWST KLOL, KZEL, WQSR, WBRU, WLIR, KSAN, KZAP, WORJ, WLIR, WHCN, WQSR, WQFM, WZZQ, KIEL, CAW MIRABAI, Atlantic: WOUR, WMMR. WLIR, WKTK, WMMR, WZZQ, KFMY, WPLR, WIOT, KMYR, KSML, KWST, WNEW, WZMF Differently KZEW, KSHE, WAER, WMMS, CHUM, WZMF, WHEW, WPLR RECORDS 13 GEORGIE FAME, Island: WABX, WMMS, KBPI, KSML, KGB, KOME, KLBJ, KMET, WSDM By JIM FISHEL WOUR, WHCN, WMMR, KIEL, WKTK, KSAN, RANDY PIE, Polydon, KIEL, WLIR, WMMR, ROGER 1949 -1971 2 DALTRY, RIDE A ROCK HORSE, WIOT, KSML, WQIV, WBAB, WAER, KTYD WBRU, WKTK NEW YORK -Independent tal- MCA: WMMS, WKTK, WHCN, KSAN, WABX, 14 FREE BEER, Southwind: WKTK, WQIV, WLIR, TOM SNOW, TAKING IT ALL IN STRIDE, ent booker Rob Heller offers an un- WIOT, WMMR, KZEW, KSHE, WORJ, WBAB, WHCN, KSHE, WNEW, WBAB, WIOT, KTYD, Capitol: WHCN, WMMR, WSDM, WHEW, WLIR usual service to colleges around the WZMF, WQSR, KLBJ, WQFM, KLOI, KBPI, KSML, CHUM, WRAS, KTYD, KZAP nation -he subcontracts recording Get the KWST, WLIR, WZZQ, WQIV, KMET, CJOM, WBRU, STEVE KUHN, TRANCE, ECM: WHCN, PAUL KOSSOFF, BACK CHUM, KFMY, KZEL, KMYR, WAER, KOME, KZAP STREET CRAW- WIOT, WRAS, KTYD acts from all the major agencies and LER, Island: WMMS, KZAP, KOME, complete KSHE, WLIR, supplies 3 FLEETWOOD MAC, Reprise: WHCN, KSHE, them to colleges. What KZEL, KMYR, WPLR, KWST, WORJ, KSML, KTYD, MICHAEL O'GARA, London: WQIV, WBAB, WMMS, KLOL, KBPI, KTYD, KWST, WLIR, CJOM, makes his approach different from WRAS WKTK, WIOT history of WBRU, WOUR, WIOT, WQIV, WMMR, KZEW, most bookers is the fact that he per- 15 SASAFRASS, WHEEUN' N' DEALIN', Chip MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS, WORJ, WBAB, WQSR, WQFM, KLBJ, WZZQ, KFMY, sonally follows through on each date salis: WPLR, WNEW, WMMS, WOUR, WIOT, Pye: KWST, WHCN, WOUR, WQSR KZEL, KMYR, KGB, KMET, WAER, KSAN, KOME, from its inception. Billboard's WZMF, WPLR WRAS, WQSR, WQFM, WBAB, KLOL, WLIR, KFMY LEA ROBERTS, LADY LEA, United Artists: "I try to give THIN LIZZY, FIGHTING, Vertigo: WORJ, the schools exactly 4 FAIRPORT CONVENTION, RISING FOR WMMS. WPLR, WORJ, WQSR "Country" KZEL, KMYR, CJOM, WIOT, WLIR, WMMS, what they want for their money and THE MOON, Island: KZAP, KOME, WBRU, WBAB, WQSR, WQFM, KFMY, KOME DOM UN ROMAO, SPIRIT OF THE KTYD, WHCN, WMMR, WLIR, WRAS, CHUM, try to help the colleges put on the TIMES, Muse: WOUR, KSML, KTYD, WAER WQSR, KLBJ, WAER, WNEW, KZEL, KMYR, WPLR, 16 HEAD EAST, FLAT AS A PANCAKE, AIM: best show they can for the money Charts! KWST, WKTK, WIOT, WOUR, KSHE, WLIR, WBAB, KUDL, KFMY, WIOT, WRAS, 22 CANNONBALL PHOENIX, KZEW, WBAB, KSML, ADDERLEY, they can afford," says Heller. presi- 152 pages, including: WQFM, KMET, KSAN WOUR, WQIV, WQFM, KLBJ Fantasy: WQFM, KZEL, WHCN, WIOT dent of Los Angeles -based Rob Hel- Every Country & Western STEVE GOODMAN, JESSIES JIG & 17 JON HENDRICKS, TELL ME THE TRUTH, ARTHUR ADAMS, HOME BREW, Fantasy: ler Enterprises. "I serve the schools artist and record to make OTHER FAVORITES, Asylum: WBAB, WKTK, Arista: WHCN, WOUR, WPLR, WBRU, WMMR, KTYD, CJOM, WSDM in a variety of capacities, unlike most WHCN, WQIV, WNEW, WORJ, KZEL, WPLR, KMYR WNEW, KMET, WAER, WBAB, KSML Billboard's "Hot Country WSDM, KUDL, CRACKIN, Polydon. KBPI, KSAN, KOME other talent bookers, because I'm WLIR, KTYD, KZAP, KOME, WOUR, POCO, THE BEST OF, Epic: WHCN, WKTK, Singles "charts from 1949 -1971 concerned about how the shows WBRU, WMMR, KSHE, WRAS, CHUM, WQSR, WOUR, WBAB, WQFM, KMYR, WLIR, WQIV, WAER, BILL EVANS, PEACE, PIECE b OTHER A Trivia Section listing top WQFM, WAER, KBPI, KFMY KZAP MECES, Milestone: KSML, WIOT, WBRU come across ?' artists and their record 5 ROWANS, EleMtra: WHCN, WQIV, WOUR, LARRY SANTOS, Casablanca: WBAB, WLIR, ANDY FRASZIER BAND, (Import) CBS: Services he can also provide to achievements - WORJ, WMMS, WBAB, WPLR, WLIR, KZAP, WABX, WOUR, WMMR, WNEW, KZEL, WKTK KLBJ, KSAN, WRAS campuses include promotion, pub- KOME, WBRU, WKTK, WMMR, KSHE, KZEL, CHUM, WAER FREE, FREE STORY, Island: WKTK, WIOT, licity, sound, lights, contracts and Pictures of the Top 100 C &W KLOL, WIOT, CHUM, WQSR, WSDM, WABX, RAY THOMAS, FROM MIGHTY OAKS, WLIR tie -ins with record companies. artists WRAS, KSML, KTYD Threshold: WNEW, WLIR, WKTK, KIEW, WBAB, ELVIN JONES, NEW AGENDA, Vanguard: "I am of the belief that colleges 6 CARAVAN, CUNNING STUNTS, BTM: Each listing includes: WQFM, KLOL, KWST, WSDM, WPLR WIOT, CHUM, KMYR can make good means of promotion WKTK, WHCN, KSAN, WAER, WOUR, WMMR, Date (month /day /year) 18 GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION, AIN'T NO YUSEF LATEEF, 10 YEARS HENCE, Atlan- for record companies, and con- WBAB, WNEW, WQFM, WLIR, KOME, WQIV, record 'BOUT -A -DOUBT IT, Warner Bros.: WMMS, tic: KSML, WIOT, CHUM first hit charts WBRU, WIOT, WRAS, KLBJ, WZIQ, KFMY, KMYR, versely that record companies can KLOL, KWST, WORJ, WBAB, WQSR, WZZQ, KSAN, KSML, KTYD, WPLR , NOT A UTILE GIRL ANY- Highest position record KOME help a campus concert to be more MORE, Arista: WOUR, WMMS, WAER reached 7 ERIC BURDON, STOP, Capitol: WQFM, successful says. KEITH JARRET, THE JUDGEMENT (EL with support," he WMMS, WBAB, WPLR, KMET, WOUR, WBRU, THELONIOUS MONK, BRILLANCE, Mile- Total number of weeks JUICIO),Atlantic: WOUR, KMYR, KSML, WIOT, "This can be done in a variety of WKTK, KZEW, WMMR, WIOT, KSHE, WORJ, WLIR, stone: KSML, WIOT, CHUM on charts WBRU, WHCN, WAER, CHUM, WRAS ways, all the way from supplying KLBJ, KZEL, KSAN, CHUM, WQSR, KTYD, KZAP MOONRIDER, Anchor- WMMS, wloT, WLIR FIRE BALLET, NIGHT ON BALD MOUN- one or two albums to buying adver- Label and number of record HEARSTFIELD, FOOLISH PLEASURES, STRAY, STAND UP AND BE COUNTED, TAIN, Passport: WNEW, WPLR, WIOT, WAER, tising in either the press or radio." Mercury: WSDM, KSHE, WORJ, WLIR, WIZQ, WKTK, WIOT, WHCN $25 postpaid in U.S.A WOUR, CHUM, WRAS. WQFM Pye: KBPI, KWST, WKTK, WBAB, CHUM, WQFM, Heller always produces the col- RAHSSSAN ROLAND KIRK, 23 LAURIE BOGIN, THE EXCEPTIONAL KMYR, WQIV, WIOT, KZEW, WHCN, WQSR, KFMY, THE CASE lege's LAURIE BOGIN, concert dates with their OF THE THREE SIDED DREAM IN Buddah: WAER, WBRU KSML, WAER, KOME AUDIO budget solidly in his mind, and says COLOR, Atlantic: KMYR, KSML, WIOT, KZEL, JOE BONNER, THE LIFESAVER, Muse: 8 HUMMINGBIRD, MM: WPLR, WMMS, he all WAER, WPLR, CHUM, KTYD WAER, KSML treats of them the same -from KMYR, WIOT, CAM, WORJ, WQSR, KFMY, KSAN, the small to the very large. He ESTER PHILLIPS JIMMY BUFFETT, RANCHO DELUXE pro- WAER, WZMF, KLBJ, KGB, WKTK, WOUR, KZEW, W/BECK, Kudu: WNEW, WOUR, WMMR, WABX, WHCN, SOUNDTRACK, United KLBJ, KSML vides his service for several hundred WLIR, WRAS, KOME, KZAP WMMS Mists: KZEL, KSAN CLARENCE CARTER, LONLINESS 8 schools each year on both the East GARY WRIGHT, DREAM WEAVER, Warner 19 JOSE FELICIANO, JUST WANNA TEMPTATION, ABC: KSAN, KSML and West Coasts. Bros.: WHCN, WMMS, KLOL, KTYD, KWST, ROCK N' ROLL, RCA: KZEL, KMET, KTYD, WKTK, WIOT, WLIR, CJOM, WIOT, KSHE, WORJ, WBAB, WQSR, BETTY EVERETT, HAPPY ENDING, Fan- "There are many schools that call WBAB, CHUM WZZQ, KFMY, KMYR, KMET, KSAN, KOME, bay: KTYD, WOUR me up for something that I can't sup- WNEW, WPLR FLYING ISLAND, Vanguard: WOUR, WPLR, BOBBY HARRISON, FUNKIEST, Capitol: ply them with, but I still give them as WRAS, WIOT, WSDM, KWST, WAER 9 U F 0, FORCE IT, Chrysalis: KIEL, WIOT, WLIR, WOUR much advice as I can and send them KSHE, KLOL, KBPI, KUDL, KWST, KGB, KOME, RALPH McTELL, STREETS, 20th Century: LEON HAYWOOD, COME AND GET to someone who can give them the WMMR, WOW, WMMR, WORJ, WLIR, WMMS, WBAB, WQSR, WLIR, WHCN, KFMY, KMYR, YOURSELF SOME, 20th Century: WOUR, act they want," he states. WQFM, KMYR, KMET, KSAN WNEW CJOM "Oddly enough, I receive beau- 10 HUGH TROOPER, MCA: CJOM, WIOT, WMMS, MASEKELA, THE BOY'S DOING IT, BILL HORWITZ, UES, UES, UES, ESP: tiful cooperation from all the other Casablanca: KZEL, KMET, KTYD, KZAP, WOUR WBAB, WQSR, KLOL, KIEL WRAS, WHEW WBRU, WKTK, KZEW, WMMR, WIOT, agencies, probably because they WQSR, 20 BE -BOP DELUXE, FUTURAMA, Harvest WILLIE HUTCH, ODE TO MY LADY, Mo- WQFM, KWST, CHUM, WZZQ, KLOL, KSML, WPLR know me and also because they (Capitol): WPLR, WHCN, WOUR, WLIR, WMMS, town: KLOL, CJOM 11 FELIX CAVALIER, DESTINY, Bearsville' WNEW know I'm handling all the arrange- JACK McDUFF, MAGNETIC FEEL, Cadet: WHCN, WNEW, WMMS, KTYD, WEIR, CJOM, GENTLE GIANT, FREE HAND, Capitol: WSDM, KSML ments for their act on any dates I WBRU, WIOT, WMMR, WORJ, WBAB, WQSR, WHCN, WOUR, WLIR, KLOL, KMYR, KWST book." NUCLEUS, SNAKEHIPS ETCETERA, KZEL, KMYR, KWST, WAER, WPLR Sire: JOHN HIATT, OVERCOAT, Epic: KZAP, WBAB, WRAS Colleges are still an important URIAH HEEP, RETURN TO FANTASY, WLIR, WHCN, KSHE, WNEW, WAER NUETRONS, (Import) United Artists: arena for breaking acts, according to Warner Bros.: KLOL, WIOT, WOUR, KZEW, DAVID SANBORN, TAKING OFF, Warner WLIR, WHCN Heller, and one of the best concert KSHE, WORJ, WBAB, WNEW, CHUM, WQSR, Bros.: WLIR, KWST, WIOT, WMMS, KMYR, WPLR WQFM, KZEL, KMYR, WLIR, KOME. WRAS, WZMF RUBY STAR 8 GREY GHOST, Capitol: markets because they're self-con- Supplements... THE TROGGS, Pye: WOUR, KWST, WMMS, WQFM, WOUR R E 0 SPEEDWAGON, THIS TIME WE tained. He's been involved in the WQSR, WBRU, WHEW also available. MEAN IT, WHCN, WIOT, SUNDANCE, 20th Century: WOUR, WIOT college area for more than 10 years Epic: WOUR, KSHE, Updates the "Country" charts WBAB, WNEW, WZMF, WQFM, NOME, WZZQ, 21 BANCO, Manticore: KMYR, CHUM, WIOT, WHITE LIGHTENING, Island: KWST, and during that time he says it's KSHE, WRAS 1974. WQIV, WBRU, WLIR, WRAS, WQSR, KFMY, KZAP WMMS gone through some major changes. through Check coupon for books you'll Following lists participating stations. Numeral after each specifies selections programmed. "Things are now much more so- phisticated on colleges than ever be- need most! HOUSTON, TEX.: KLOL -FM, Jim Nifty; 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9,10,11;15,17,18,19, 20, 23 BALTIMORE, MD.: WKTK -FM, Steve Cochran; 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, fore," he says, "And schools are fi- JACKSON, MISS.: WZZQ -FM, Keith Carter; 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 18 19, 21, 22 KINGS BEACH /TRUCKEE: KSML -FM, Bill Ashford; 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, nally inviting outside people like ecord 17, CHICAGO, ILL.: WSDM -FM, Burt Burdeen; 1, 4, 5, 7, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23 18,21,22,23 CLEVELAND, OHIO: WMMS -FM, John Gorman; 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, myself onto the campus to help them esearch LOS ANGELES, CALIF.: KMET -FM, Joe Collins; 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 19 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 promote a successful concert series." LOS ANGELES, CALIF.: KWESTFM, David Perry; 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, DALLAS, TEX.: KZEW -FM, Mike Taylor; 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 17 As far as the future, Heller thinks r-- --'1 18, 19, 20, 21, 23 Mail your check or money order to: I DENVER, COLO.: KBPI -FM, Jean Valdez; 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 22 things are.still thriving in the college MILWAUKEE, WIS.: WZMF FM, John Houghton; 1, 2, 3, 8, 11, 12 DETROIT, MICH.: WABX -FM, Jim Sotet; 1, 2, 5, 13, 17, 18 Record Research, P.O. Box 82, I MILWAUKEE, WIS.: WQFM -FM, Bobbin Beam; 1, market. Schools that have large en- 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, DETROIT, MICH.: CJOM -FM, Bill Robertson; 2, 3, 8, 11, 15, 19, 21, 22, 23 Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 I 17, 18, still 21, 23 EUGENE, ORE.: KFMY -FM, Mark Sherry; 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 15, 16, 19 tertainment budgets are promot- NEW Top C &W '49 -'71 $25.00 I HAVEN, CONN.: WPLR -FM, Gordon Weingarth; 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, EUGENE, ORE.: KZEL -FM, Stan Garrett; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, ing the big shows, while other Top Pop '55 -'72 (Soft cover) $30.00 I 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 18, 19, 21 schools are utilizing their limited NEW YORK, N.Y.: WNEW Top Pop '55' 72 (Hard cover) $40.00 I -FM, Dennis Elsas; 1, 4, 6, 8,11,12,14,15,17,18,19, 20, HARTFORD, CONN.: WHCN -FM, Paul Payton; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, budgets so that they get the most for Top '40 -'55 $20.00 I 21, 23 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 Pop NEW their money. Top R&B '49 -'71 $25.00 I YORK, N.Y.: WQIV -FM, Lisa Karlin; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21 HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.: WLIRFM, Gil Colquitt; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12,14,15, 16, is really Top LP's '45-'72 530.00 ORLANDO, FLA.: WORJ-FM, Mike Lyons; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 21 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 "If there any one trend in Top Easy Listening $25.00 I PHILADELPHIA, PA.: WMMR -FM, Dennis Wilen; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, SAN JOSE, CALIF.: KOME -FM, Ed Romig; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 18, 22 this area, it's toward happy -smiling 17,18,19,21 SANTA BARBARA, CALIF.: KTYD -FM, Laurie Cobb; 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, music like the kind that Linda Ron - SYIPPLEMENTS ... $10.00 Each PROVIDENCE, R.I.: WBRU -FM, Jeremy Butler; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 19,21,22,23 stadt plays," he says. "Straightahead Top Pop '74 Top C &W '74 21, 22, 23 ST. LOUIS, MO.: KSHE -FM, Shelly Grafman; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 20, rock and roll is also still very popular Top Pop '73 Top C &W '72-'73 SACRAMENTO, CALIF.: KZAP -FM, Robert Williams; 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 17, 20 21 Top LP's '74 Top R &B '74 SAN DIEGO, CALIF.: KGB -FM, Art on campus." Schroeder; 1, 3, 8, 9 SYRACUSE /UTICA, N.Y.: WOUR -FM, Steve Hunington; 1, 1 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,10,11,13, Top LP's '73 Top R &B '72-'73 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.: KSAN -FM, Bonnie Simmons; 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 18, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 Formerly with the William Morris 22, 23 Overseas orders add $3.00 per book SYRACUSE, N.Y.: WAER-FM, Dan Neer; 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, Agency, Heller is also involved in and $1.00 per supple ment. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.: KMYR -FM, Jeff Pollack; 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9,11,12,14,15,17, 22, 23 managing Batdorf and Rodney, the 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 TAMPA, FLA.: WQSR -FM, Mark Beltaire; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19, Johnny Otis Show and Charles Name ATLANTA, GA.: WRAS -FM, ; 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 20, 21 23 Lloyd. Still, ever since he opened his TOLEDO, OHIO: WIOT -FM, Neil Lasher; 1, Z 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Address AUSTIN, TEXAS: KLBJ -FM, Greg Thomas; 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 16, 22, 23 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 own college- oriented business in BABYLON, LONG ISLAND: WBAB -FM, City Bernie Bernard; 1, Z 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,11,13, TORONTO, CANADA: CHUM -FM, Beniy Karch; 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 19, 1970, he's remained true to that mar- 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23 21, 22 ket and has opened his door to all of I State Zip its talent bookers. www.americanradiohistory.com 28 Talent Tim's Saga: Uniquely Torturous Shidio Track By JACK McDONOUGH By BOB KIRSCH SAN FRANCISCO -One thing Tim's first real taste of fame came ords. I was signed to them in 1972 LOS ANGELES -There's a story Band) and Lee Montgomery. John you can say about Tim Moore. He when his bright tempo "Charmer" and put together with house pro- behind Moonshine Studios here, a Mills engineered all the projects. At has certainly struggled to the brink won first place and some $25,000 in ducer Gary Katz. There were three "new facility that seems to getting Bell Sound Studios in New York, Al of major success via a uniquely tor- the American Song Festival in 1974. attempts at making a record and we heavily into film work. Seems Ham is busy editing the soundtrack turous and uncertain route. Etta James sang the song at the Fes- spent $50,000 of ABC's money. I Moonshine opened its doors several of "Give 'Em Hell, Harry." New Suddenly last summer it was the tival and subsequently recorded it, never saw any of the bills or receipts years back as a demo studio, han- MCA group, the Eddie Boy Band is dawn of Tim Moore nationally. At as did Ron Dante and Al Martino. and didn't know what kind of dling work for publishing firms. hard at work at Quantum Sound in nearly the same time his cheerful "Second Avenue" is also getting money was being passed. It was bad "Eventually we decided the demo Torrance, Calif. Bob Monaco medium -rocker "Charmer" won top more exposure because people like production chemistry. Gary later business wasn't where it's at," says (Rufus, Three Dog Night) is han- honors in the First American Song Neil Sedaka and Feliciano are per- turned out a very, very good record Bob Weber; one of the owners of the dling production. At Alpha Audio Festival while Art Garfunkel and forming it live in their shows, and with Steely Dan, and the reason he firm. "We had an 8 -track console, Studios in Richmond, Va., Joe Car- Moore's rival singles of the am- there are also some Spanish versions wasn't into my sessions was that he but we pulled the studio down and ter and Tom Cephas have finished bitious ballad "Second Avenue" circulating. was doing this big project with his closed it for seven months. We put in production work on a single by Poi- fought each other up the chart. "Charmer" had been entered in old friend Dan Fagen and Walter a 24 -track console, lots of cedar and son. Slade, one of Britain's top musi- Garfunkel's recording of "Second the 1973 festival. "I was an amateur Becker and he really wasn't into made it all very comfortable." cal exports, recently spent some time Avenue" originated when producer then, had no records and was not house production. Some of the musical work for at Wally Heider's in Los Angeles Roy Halee, who heads up Colum- signed to any publisher. But that fes- "We went to a lot of labels looking "Nashville" was done at Moonshine working on its next IMP. John Lee bia's San Francisco studios, heard tival didn't come off and instead of for a new deal and everyone would (the film's musical supervisor, Rich- and Jerry Brown (Lee is bass player Tim's record on KNBR while driv- returning the entry fees they held the call up Jay Lasker and Lasker would ard Raskin, is also one of the part- with Larry Coryell and Brown is ing around town. "Lavern Drake entries over for another year. In the tell them about the $50,000. So my ners) and the soundtrack for "Cali- drummer with Michal Urbaniak) are had put it on KNBR and was really meantime my first record came out. business manager Johanon Vigoda fornia Split" was also handled in the cutting an LP with Skip Drinkwater leaning on it, playing the long ver- So in 1974 when we found we were started our own record company studio. Moonshine is gearing up for producing. Recording is at Megron sion. She spurred us into putting the in the finals we said, `We have an LP through Famous Music. Then Fa- more film and recording work cur- Sound in Brussels and Electric Lady single out," says Moore. out, we should be in the professional mous got absorbed by ABC in 1973 rently. Other partners in the oper- in New York, with mixing at Wally "In New York last August, I was category.' But the only criteria for and there we were back with them ation are Rick Bralver and James Heider's in San Francisco. crossing the street and saw Art and that was if you were signed to again. So we called Lasker and got a Armstrong. * * * said, `Congratulations on your hit.' ASCAP or BMI, and at that time I release from ABC for the second * * * And he said, 'Congratulations on wasn't. The song was licensed Super Sound Recording Studio time, and went to Asylum. And sud- At Criteria Studios in Miami, Rod has opened its doors in Monterey, your hit.' I don't know how he knew through ASCAP but I was not denly everything started to go right Stewart has been working on vocal Calif. Facilities are currently 16- it was me. We stood awhile and signed as a writer." Moore has since for a change," says Moore. talked, and a remarkable thing hap- joined ASCAP. overdubs and mixing his next LP track, according to owner /engineer with pened- within five minutes, Fred Tim's Asylum LP cover carries as Tom Dowd working on produc- Richard Sontag, though 24-track tion and engineering. An Average equipment is due in soon. The Tubes Rupert, who was promoting the song well the logo of "a small record corn - Iowa Firm for Famous Music, converged on the pany," which was formed "because White Band show was recorded have cut for radio airplay at the stu- same street corner. of my abortive deal with ABC Rec- recently at the Miami Jai Alai Fron- dio and blues artist Johnny Jenkins ton with Karl Richardson and Steve was in recently with Samuel Davis Aids Talent Klein handling controls. Other art- Producing. ists in recently include Raided, Thee In Berkeley, DSR Productions is When you With Majors Image and Clarence Thomas. hard at work with a combination of * * * remote recording and in -house pro- are looking for LOS ANGELES -Des Moines' At Electric Lady Studios in New duction. Remote assignments of late Kajac Record Corp. doesn't just for the firm's 16 York, Eric Clapton has been busy in -track mobile unit a professional make the recording, it attempts to Billy the new 24 -track facility. Stopping include Joel at the Great help the budding artist snare a major Music studio, by to help him out a few weeks ago American Hall in San Fran- label contract. with were various members of the Rolling cisco Michael Stewart produc- do more than Founder Harold Luick, erstwhile ing. Man live at Keystone Berkeley, Stones. Albhy Galutin is helping on musician /recording engineer who for broadcast on KSAN -FM and production while Ralph Moss is count the tracks. works as a research and develop- Walter Hawkins & The Love Center ment engineer at Delavan Manufac- handling the controls. Others in the 24 -track room of late have been Choir at Ephesian Ch_ urch of God in turing, decided to go a step farther Christ in Berkeley, with Count the peripherals. Richard Perry, Art Garfunkel, Ralph Phil Ed- after grossing $200,000 at the firm's wards handling the boards. studio in suburban Carlisle. Moss and Skip Drinkwater, Garrison Leykam In the studio, the Don Harrison Now he's added Jim Robinson as and Greezy Wheels. Leslie AlphaAudio West is getting set to begin his new Band has finished an LP with pro- custom sales service chief. Robin - LP with Bob D'Orleans ducer Russ Gary. Ex- Creedence son's assignment is to get enough engineering, 2049 W. Broad St., Richmond, Va. 23220 (804) 358 -3852 members Stu Cook and Doug Clif- play on the recordings made at the and Stanley Clarke is readying an- other ford are members of that one. Cook studio to interest a label in taking solo set with Bernie Kirsh engi- neering. American cut with is also producing, currently working "Wakefield in Phoe- Tears over the master. with the Valley Boys at the studio. nix presses enough records to supply engineer Ron Johnson and Roy Clifford, meanwhile, is set to pro- Heilicher Bros., Minneapolis, and Ayers has been in mixing a single. duce the vocal trio of Robert Earl, ABC Record and Tape Sales, Des * * * James and Donald Wilcott. Moines. In addition, we try to service In notes from around the country: five percent of the nation's radio sta- Paul Simon is wrapping up a studio tions. We select smaller stations, LP dubbed "Still Crazy After All 2d Brandywine where our records will get more no- These Years." At the Cleveland tice. We include a postcard, asking Recording Company in Cleveland Folk Festival Are Your Test Tapes for comment on the release. We got Joe Vitalie's Madmen have been lay- Reliable And Accurate? over 125 back. Then we call some of ing tracks for their second LP. Vi- those who responded to get a better talie is a former member of the On July 26-27 If They're STL they are. idea," Robinson says. James Gang and Joe Walsh's Barn- CONCORDVILLE, Pa. -The sec- Presently, Kajac has three records storm, Flatbush and Left End have ond annual Brandywine Mountain It's just possible your system may be it is working: Ray Faubus' "Kelly also been in recording, as has Glenn Music Convention, a festival that Keep The Bar Door Open "; Johnny Covington. Another ex -James Gang has already been recognized as one out of step with the rest of the industry. Goodman's "Early Morning" and man, Glenn Schwartz, is in cutting of the 'leading folk events in the na- We offer precision test tapes made on Robbie Wittkowski's "In Walked A an album. Schwartz's band, by the tion by the Library of Congress, took precision equipment for specific jobs in Teardrop." All are in the country way, is known as the All Saved Freak place at the Newlin Grist Mill over bag. Dick Colanzi of Philadelphia is Band. Rosalie Sorrells is cutting for the July 26 -27 weekend. Spot is lo- 1" and 2" sizes as well as flutter tapes making a two -week road trip pro- Philo Records at Earth Audio in Ver- cated to draw from Philadelphia and and all other formats. They are available moting freelance, while Wade Pep- mont. At O.D.O. Studios in New Eastern Pennsylvania and just as in more sizes than that offered by any per of Atlanta is working them in York, former Raspberries' lead voice close to Wilmington, Del. other manufacturer in the world. that area. is set to cut his first solo Headliners included Mike See- Luick plunged into recording in LP, with Jimmy Tenner producing. ger, the Strange Creek Singers, the Order STL test tapes and find out where 1971, when he bought the Carlisle Jack Sherdell will handle the Highwoods String Band, Ola Belle your system really is. Theater, built in 1900 as a legitimate boards. Due into Dick Charles Stu- Reed and Noah Cottrell, along with Write for a free brochure and the dealer theater. The walls are double -thick dios in New York is Ursula Dudziak, a troupe of West Virginia perform- tile with air pockets in between. He well known jazz vocalist and wife of in your area. Distributed exclusively by ers for the traditional country music gutted the inside of the two -story Michael Urbaniak. Urbaniak is han- of that state. A recording of the ini- Co. Taber Manufacturing & Engineering house and put in a 35 -by -44 -foot dling production with Gene Paul en- tial festival last year has been re- studio, along with a small studio for gineering. Members of Miles Davis' leased as an LP, and this year's festi- commercials. The big studio has 23- band as well as Urbaniak's are lend- val was broadcast nationally by foot high acoustical trap ceilings. ing a helping hand. National Public Radio. T STANDARD TAPE LABORATORY, Inc. Luick previously had done custom Ken Mansfield, head of Home The festival, sponsored by the 2081 Edison Avenue sessions in Nashville. He admits his Town Productions in Los Angeles, Brandywine Friends of Old Time San Leandro, CA 94577 design follows some of the Nashville has been busy lately. Mansfield Music, includes concerts, work- (415) 635 -3805 studio concepts. Two engineers, recently finished mastering the Rick shops, jam sessions, a craft show and Mark Pomerantz and Stan Richards, Cunha LP (he also produced) at the instrument displays, with camping the latter from Cook House, Min- Mastering Lab. At the Sound Lab, available. Tickets for each day were neapolis, are full-time, working the Mansfield wrapped up production $5 with the big concert on Saturday MCI 16-track board. for Hill (formerly the Gary Hill night.

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NEW YORK -MGM will be rush -releasing the forthcoming LP, "Gloria Gaynor 2," due for re- that the discos are primarily responsible for Ms. Club On Aug. 1 Via Clubs new Gloria Gaynor single this week, "If You Want lease the first week in September. Test press- Gaynor's success. LOS ANGELES -Esther Phillips It -Do It Yourself." Label made up 200 test ings of the album will be available about 10 HOUSTON -Country singer Columbia will be releasing the new Philly De- has been "discovered" by disco pa- pressings for distribution to the New York days before the commercial copies so that the Luke Austin is opening a new coun- votions single, "I Just Can't Make It," the first trons and this new exposure medium Record Pool this weekend. The single is from her discos will have it first -as the producers feel try music oriented club here Aug. 1, week in August. The label has decided to come known as Country Kingdom U.S.A. is responsible for the launching of out with its first complete disco version on the T.G. Sheppard will be the opening her new Kudu single and LP each "B" side of the commercial record as well as the night performer. bearing the title "What A Difference Top Audience Response Downstairs Records (New York) DJs. Because of the group's popularity in the A Day Makes." At one time, addicted to drugs, Records In N.Y. Discos Retail Sales discos, Columbia is considering making up some The old Dinah Washington stand- special 12 -inch test pressings of the complete which led to his imprisonment, Aus- This Week This Week ard was offered to New York disco disco version -a first for the label. Several com- tin straightened his life, formed a 1 DREAMIN' A DREAM -Crown Heights AT 1 WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE - disk jockeys via test pressings. First panies, such as Scepter, Atlantic and 20th Cen- nonprofit foundation for the reha- fair -De -Lite Ralph Carter spins resulted in a welcome climate tury, have done this on certain disks and have bilitation of drug addicts known as 2 WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES -Es- 2 LADY, LADY, LADY- Boogie Man Orch.- for the official single which came out had success. CENIKOR, and built it into the sec- ther Phillips -Kudu Boogie Man Records with its recently the LP just hitting the 3 WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE - Motown will soon be releasing a new single ond largest program of kind in 3 IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE-Tavares -Capi- stores last week. Ralph Carter- Mercury by David Ruffin, "Heavy Love," written and pro- the U.S., with facilities in Denver tol Joe Beck, who plays guitar on the 4 BRAZIL -Richie Family -20th Century duced by "Hustle King" Van McCoy. and Houston. 4 MAGIC IN THE AIR -Ronnie Walker -Event song, did the arrangement. 5 FOREVER CAME TODAY- Jackson Five - Barry Lederer, deejay at The Sandpiper on In order to help fund the program, 5 BRAZIL -Richie Family -20th Century Miss Phillips, a veteran blues Motown Fire Island, has playing been Neil Sedaka's Austin went back on the road as a singer, is now working her way back 6 CHINESE KUNG FU- Banzaii- Scepter 6 DO IT ANYWAY YOU WANNA -People's "That's When The Music Takes Me" (on Rocket), country singer, forming a band via 7 Choice -TSOP home to Los Angeles a series of DO IT ANYWAY YOU WANNA -People's and reports every time at least 10 people come which he called Country Kingdom, Choice -TSOP personals in such cities as Cleveland, 7 DANCE, DANCE, DANCE- Calhoun- up to ask when the record is due. Sedaka is not U.S.A. After a successful tour, Aus- 8 SEXY/T.L.C.- MFSB- Phila. Intl. (LP) Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Boston Warner /Spector a disco artist, but this disk may put him in the tin combined forces with Walter 9 TO EACH HIS OWN /MELLOW ME- Faith, and Chicago. 8 KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND- (LP) -T.K. market. Lederer says the record is not the "typi- Hope And Charity (LP) Boyd, a promoter and producer -RCA cal disco sound," but if deejays are willing to try One side of the LP is disco -ori- 9 WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES 10 PEACE PIPE Express -Es- from here, and the two formed -B.T. (LP version) - it, they will probably get the same type of re- ented; the flip is in the customary ther Phillips- (LP) -Kudu Country Kingdom Productions and Roadshow sponse. blues vein. 11 I LIKE IT /FLY ROBIN, FLY -Silver Conven- 10 SILVER CONVENTION- (LP)- Midland In- House of Cenikor Music (BM1). Grover Washington Jr., whose Felix formerly of The Rascals, has a tion- Midland International (LP) ternational Cavaliere, Boyd became Austin's manager, and new disco -oriented LP out on Warner Bros., "Mr. Magic" single was also a disco 12 CHICAGO'S THEME -Hubert Laws -CTI 11 THINK BEFORE YOU STOP- Notations- Austin has cut a session in Nashville "Destiny," and laughingly notes this is the third favorite, has sold over 500,000 units 13 THREE STEPS FROM TRUE LOVE -The Re- Gemigo produced by his Country Kingdom of the similarly title LP. This gives flections- Capitol disco craze he's been in on. He was with Joey 12 DISCO GOLD- (LP)- Scepter firm. Dee & The Starlighters in the early 60s when the Creed Taylor company, includ- 14 FREE MAN -South Shore Commission - 13 CHINESE KUNG Scepter Now the is set, Wand FU- Banzaii- discos first hit, with the Rascals in the mid -60s club opening with ing the flagwaving CTI label, its first 14 NON B.T. in on Austin performing with some regu- 15 IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE-Tavares -Capi- -STOP- Express -Roadshow and now the current boom, his own. "gold" LP. But the label won't be re- larity, guests tol (Special Disco Version) 15 PARTY MUSIC- Pat Lundi -Vigor The Top 10 audience response requests list and outside of name ceiving any RIAA gold certification this week in Boston (see below) was compiled value to help fill the structure. The because Motown, which distributes from six of the area's top discos, including Styx, Mickey Gilley Club here already has CTI, doesn't belong to the RIAA. Yesterdays, Mirage, Rhinocerous, 1270 and been expanded to a huge showplace Several weeks ago CTI an- y Colony Records (New York) Melody Song Shops Zelda's. New disk that seems to be making a lot and still can't handle the weekend nounced plans for a series of EPs for C Retail Sales (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island) of excitement is "Hollywood Hot" by Eleventh crowds. Austin feels another country discos, but label topper Taylor has Retail Sales C This Week Hour, which should be in the top 10 very soon. music club is in order. changed his mind. en 1 WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE - This Week N Ralph Carter- Mercury I HE'S MY MAN /WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE -The Supremes- Motown (LP) 2 DREAMING A DREAM -Crown Heights Af- co fair -De -Lite 2 BRAZIL -Richie Family -20th Century v on 3 DANCE, DANCE, DANCE- Calhoun- 3 NON -STOP -B.T. Express (LP)- Roadshow Warner/Spector 4 CHECKMATE -Barrabas -Atco (LP) 4 DO IT ANYWAY YOU WANNA -People's 5 LOVE POWER -Willie Hutch - Motown (LP) Choice -TSOP 6 DO IT ANYWAY YOU WANNA -People's 5 NEVER GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE - Choice -TSOP Street People -Vigor 7 LADY, YOU'RE LADY- Boogie Man Orch.- has it 6 meteor all DISCO GOLD (LP)- Scepter Boogie Man Records

7 NON -STOP -B.T. Express (LP)- Roadshow 8 WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE - Ralph Carter- Mercury 8 BRAZIL -Richie Family -20th Century 9 CHINESE KUNG FU- Banzaii- Scepter in 9 WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES -Es- one package... ther Phillips -Kudu 10 DISCO GOLD (LP)- Scepter 2 Lasers 11 I LIKE IT- Silver Convention -Midland In- 10 CHINESE KUNG FU- Banzaii- Scepter ternational (LP) 3 Colored Trilites 11 THREE STEPS FROM TRUE LOVE- Reflec- 1 Sound Panel 12 WHAT A DIFFERENCE (ANYTHING DAY tions -Capitol 2 Tenway Chasers MAKES)- Esther Philips -Kudu (LP) 12 FOREVER CAME TODAY- Jackson Five - 4 Projectors 13 CALL ME YOUR (ANYTHING MAN) -Bobby Motown 3 Strobes 4 available Moore -Scepter - colors 13 SEXY /T.L.C.- MFSB- Phila. Intl. (LP) 5 Stereo Power Amplifiers 14 DANCE, DANCE, DANCE- Calhoun- 4 Speakers 14 GIMME SOME -Jimmy Bo Horne -Alston Warner /Spector 3 Turntables 15 YOU BROUGHT IT ON YOURSELF- Barbara 15 FOREVER CAME TODAY- Jackson Five - 2 Tenway Strip Assemblies Hall- Innovations Motown 3 Liquisplodes 8 Lighting Controllers 2 Mobile Disco Control Units Top Audience Response Records In L.A. /San Diego Discos 9 Projector Attachments This Week This Week 4 Mixers 3 1 HUSTLE -Van McCoy & Soul City Sym- 8 EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD- Consumer Kaleidoscopic Effects 1 phony -Avco Rapport -Wing & A Prayer Rain Effect 2 Open Reel Tape Decks 2 FOREVER CAME TODAY- Jackson Five - 9 GET DOWN TONIGHT -K.C. & The Sunshine Motown Band-T.K. 2 Carousels 3 Sound- 3 FIGHT THE POWER -Isley Brothers - 10 CHINESE KUNG FU- Banzaii- Scepter to-Light Projectors 2 T -Neck 11 BRAZIL -Richie Family -20th Century Polaroid Attachments 3 Zone Modules 4 FOOT STOMPIN' MUSIC- Bohannon -Da- 12 HOLLYWOOD HOT- Eleventh Hour -20th kor Century 10 Effect Wheels 75 5 DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANNA -Peoples 13 IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE-Tavares -Capi- Cassette Effects Choice- T.S.O.P. tol 162 Slides 6 DREAMIN' A DREAM -Crown Heights Af- 14 PEACE & LOVE -Ron Butler & The Ram- Special DJ Headphones fair -De -Lite blers- Playboy Large Selection of Microphones 7 7- 6- 5- 4.3.2.1 (BLOW YOUR WHISTLE) - 15 FREE MAN -South Shore Commission - Free Consultation & Design Gary Toms Empire -PIP Wand

Top Audience Response Records in Boston Discos This Week This Week meter 1 BRAZIL -Richie Family -20 Century 6 DREAMING A DREAM -Crown Heights Af- FOR LIGHT AND SOUND fair -De -Lite 2 WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES -Es- 155 Michael Drive, Syosset, N.Y., U.S.A. 11791 (516) 364-1900 7 ONE WAY STREET -Beckett Brown ther Phillips -Kudu 3637 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Hollywood, C.A., U.S.A. 90068 (213) 876 -1200 8 7- 6- 5- 4 -3 -2 -1 (BLOW YOUR WHISTLE) - 3 DO IT ANYWAY YOU WANNA -Peoples 580 Orly Avenue, Dorval 760, Montreal, P.O., Canada (514) 636-9933 Gary Toms Empire -PIP Choice -T.S.O.P. Lamb House, Church Street, London, England W42PB (01) 995 -4551 9 LADY, LADY LADY- Boogie Man Orch.- 4 CHINESE KUNG FU- Banzaii- Scepter Boogie Man 5 WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE - 10 DANCE, DANCE, DANCE- Calhoun- Ralph Carter- Mercury Warner /Spector

www.americanradiohistory.com 30 Billboard Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY for Week Ending 8/2/75 Copyright 1975, Bill- Classical Top50 board Publications, Inc. No part of this publication S may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sys- Pioneer Program tern, or transmitted, in any Backs Radio or means, by any Bob leotnic, mechanich MOONACHIE, N.J. -U.S. Pio- 74, the "Pathetique "; and the Con- eran classical music personality photocopying, recording, Violin and Or- Adams, formerly with WNCN -NY, or otherwise, without the neer Electronics Corp., in the first certo in D -major for prior written permission of such venture by a high fidelity corn - chestra, Opus 35, with Russian vio- and is presented in compatible SQ S nin he publisher. ponents manufacturer, has under - linist Viktor Tretyakov as soloist. quadraphonic sound. wriuen a classical music radio pro- The concert was recorded live at The program is produced as a gram for national syndication. This the Montclair (N.J.) High School joint venture by D.I.R. Broad- These are best selling middle -of- the -road singles compiled from program is Pioneer's first venture in Auditorium on Feb. 15. Location casting, New York, and the Philip national retail sales and radio station air play listed in rank order. support of "serious" music. Recorders provided a dual 16 -track Stogel Co., Pioneer High Fidelity's The 90- minute broadcast is of the mobile remote recording truck and advertising agency. D.I.R. is distri- New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the 16 -track masters were mixed buting the program, and has signed under the direction of conductor down into SQ- encoded quadra- over 20 stations at this time for 3 TITLE, Artist, Label & Number (Dist. Label) (Publisher, Licensee) Henry Lewis. The program is an all - phonic air masters at Bell Sound broadcast of the concert. Tchaikovsky concert, featuring the Studios in New York. Stations include: WGKA -FM, 2 8 RHINESTONE COWBOY Symphony No. 6 in B- minor, Opus The broadcast is hosted by vet- Glen Campbell, Capitol 4095 (20th Century /House Of Weiss, ASCAP) Atlanta; WFMR -FM, Milwaukee; 3 11 FEELINGS WMPS -FM, Memphis; WFLN -FM, Morris Albert, RCA 10279 (Fermata International, ASCAP) Philadelphia; KFAC -FM, Los An- 4 8 AT SEVENTEEN geles; KFSD -FM, San Diego; Janis Ian, Columbia 10154 (Mine /April, ASCAP) WTMI -FM, Miami; WCAO -FM, 1 9 PLEASE MR. PLEASE Classical Notes Olivia Newton -John, MCA 40418 (Blue Gum, ASCAP) Baltimore; WFMT -FM, Chicago; 6 6 MORNIN' BEAUTIFUL Law and music don't necessarily gene Ormandy conducted the BSO at WCLV-FM, Cleveland; WTIC -FM, Tony Orlando & Dawn, Elektra 45260 (Applecider /Little Max, ASCAP) mix, except when you're Judge Rich- Tanglewood over the weekend in an Hartford; and more. 5 10 EVERYTIME YOU TOUCH ME (I Get High) ard Owen, who recently wrote his all- Beethoven program. Pianist Mal- Charlie Rich, Epic 8 -50103 Columbia) (Algee, BMI /Double R, ASCAP) The 90- minute program is free to fourth opera, "Mary Dyer." The com Frager was soloist. 12 5 HOW SWEET IT IS (To Be Loved By You) participating stations by Pioneer James Taylor, Warner Bros. 8109 (Stone Agate, BMI) judge's musical composing began Joyce Moffatt named manager of High Fidelity. 10 5 BLUEBIRD when he studied with two Juilliard the San Antonio Symphony. She's Helen Reddy, Capitol 4108 (Skyhill, BMI)

teachers and at the Manhattan the first woman appointed to this 9 7 JIVE TALKIN' School of Music. ... The New York post and the only woman manager Bee Gees, RSO 510 (Atlantic) (Casserole, BMI) Philharmonic's free concerts in the of the 31 major symphony orchestras 8 8 LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID park begin Tuesday (29), with Andre in the U.S. ... Eugene Palatsky Mata In Debut; Wings, Capitol 4091 (McCartney /ATV, BMI) 7 12 THE HUSTLE Kostelanetz as conductor. ... Eu- named director of press and public Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony, Avco 4653 (Van McCoy /Warner- relations of Pittsburgh Symphony. Cleve At Fest Tamerlane, BMI) named a vice presi- 17 7 FALLIN' IN LOVE ... Peter Gelb NEW YORK -Eduardo Mata, dent of Gurtman and Murtha, ad- Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds, Playboy 6024 (J.C., BMI) conductor and music director of the Prize For vertsing and public relations firm. 18 5 COULD IT BE MAGIC Phoenix Symphony, will make his Barry Manilow, Arista 0126 (Kamikazi /Angeldust, BMI) . Pianist Garrick Ohlsson played a New York debut, and George Cleve, 13 16 MIDNIGHT BLUE solo at Caramoor Festival, Katonah, Melissa Manchester, Arista 0116 Liszt LP's music director of the San Jose (Cali- He's also set for Mostly Mozart (New York Times /Rumanian Pickleworks, BMI) BUDAPEST -The Hungarian N.Y. fornia) will for Symphony appear 19 6 THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF LOVING stints Friday (29), Aug. 1 and 2. Ferenc Liszt Society has inaugu- the first time at the Lincoln Center Guys 'N' Dolls, Epic 50109 (Dick James, BMI) Avery Fisher elected to board of rated a Gramophone Record Prize, Mostly Mozart Festival this summer. 16 8 ROCKFORD FILES directors of Philharmonic-Sym - awarded only for recordings of Liszt The festival is sponsored by the Mike Post, MGM 14772 (Leeds, ASCAP) Society of New York.... Lu- music which help popularize the phony Herman Goldman Foundation 14 8 SEND IN THE CLOWNS ciano Pavarotti opens the San Fran- Judy Collins, Elektra 45243 (Beautiful /Revelation, ASCAP) works of the 19th century Hun- along with public funds provided by cisco opera season Sept. 12, when he 10 I'M NOT IN LOVE garian composer. the New York State Council on the 10 cc, Mercury 73678 (Phonogram) (Man -Ken, BMI) in sings in "Il Trovatore." He has some Awards are to be made three Arts and the National Endowment 14 THE WAY WE WERE/TRY TO REMEMBER 29 opera performances set, includ- categories -piano and organ works; for the Arts. Gladys Knight & The Pips, Buddah 463 (Colgems, ASCAP /Chappell, ASCAP) ing dates with the Lyric Opera of orchestral and piano works accom- On Aug. 4 and 6, Mata will lead 20 4 THAT'S WHEN THE MUSIC TAKES ME and the Metropolitan Op- Neil Sedaka, Rocket 40426 (MCA) (Don Kirshner /ATV, BMI) panied by orchestra; and choral Chicago the Festival Orchestra in a program works. The national jury, headed by era.... Cornell MacNeil will sing in 21 13 PLEASE TELL HIM THAT I SAID HELLO featuring pianist Eugene Istomin Debbie Campbell, Playboy 6037 (Chrysalis, ASCAP) Ferecz Farkas, no less than four new productions Kossuth prize laureat playing Mozart's Piano Concerto in 22 ONE OF THESE NIGHTS for three major companies in the will pick the 1974 winners on Octo- C, K.491 and Adolph Herseth, play- Eagles, Asylum 45257 (Long Run, ASCAP) U.S. during 1975 -1976. ber 22, birthdate of Liszt. ing Hummel's Trumpet Concerto in 23 5 WASTED DAYS AND WASTED NIGHTS Gregg Smith, known more for his Freddy Fender, ABC/Dot 17558 (Travis, BMI) The event is sponsored by the E -flat, K.543. conducting than for composing, 24 6 TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF Ministry of Culture. Cleve's first festival appearance is turned writer for "Beware Of The The Three Degrees, Philadelphia International 3568 (CBS) (Mighty Three, BMI) The society invited some 70 record on Aug. 11 (with a repeat on the 13), Soldier," new CRI release. Story is a 25 12 SWEARIN' TO GOD companies from all over the world to with John Browning as soloist in the Frankie Valli, Private Stock 45021 (Hearts Delight /Caseyem /Desidera, BMI) dramatic protest against war. Text is submit recordings and acceptance Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3, K.447. 9 BURNING THING ranging from St. Mac Davis, Columbia 3 -10148 (Screen Gems -Columbia /Song Painter /Sweet has already come from the follow- drawn from sources The program will also include Francis to Mark Twain.... Ellen Siff Glory, BMI) ing: Balkanton, Bulgaria; Elektre- Haydn's Symphony No. 60 in C and BASF added to retail sales staff of WGMS, 27 TIL THE WORLD ENDS cord, Rumania; Elektrola, Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C, Three Dog Night, ABC 12114 (Leeds /Antique, ASCAP) Washington. ... Akira Endo, associ- and Christoforus, from West Ger- Op. 21. 28 6 WHAT I DID FOR LOVE many; Pathe -Marconi from France; ate conductor of Houston Sym- Jack Jones, RCA 10317 (Wren, BMI /Red Bullet, ASCAP) CBS from the U.S., along with Vox, phony, resigns Dec. I, to return to 29 I BELIEVE THERE'S NOTHING STRONGER THAN OUR LOVE ABC and Everest; and the Hun- American Ballet Theater as music Paul Anka & Odia Coates, United Artists 685 (Spanka, BMI) director and principal conductor. He Dorati In New 30 (All I Have To Do Is) DREAM garian Recording Company. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, United Artists 655 (Acuff -Rose /House Of Bryant, BMI) Majority of recordings already retains musical directorship of Aus- National Pact 31 7 MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY submitted are organ music and some tin, Texas, Symphony. Donny & Marie Osmond, Kolob 14807 (MGM) (Tree, BMI) Lloyd are in quadraphonic sound. Andre Previn, new Pittsburgh WASHINGTON -David 32 3 EL BIMBO Symphony Orchestra music direc- Kreeger, president of the National Herb Alpert & The T.J.B., A &M 1714 (Artic Wayne /Reizner, ASCAP) tor, paid his first visit recently to Symphony Orchestra Assn., an- 33 3 BIG STAR Pittsburgh since his appointement. nounced that music director Antal Stark & McBrien, RCA 10314 (Stark & McBrien Enterprises, ASCAP) into a new four - 34 5 RAG DOLL ABC New Releases Schedule for the day called for mid- Dorati has entered Sammy Johns, GRC 2062 (Hampstead Heath, ASCAP) day meeting with Pittsburgh board year contract with the Association. Last week's special classical sec- 35 6 YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE GIRL of directors. He's working on a new Dorati became music director of Lettermen, Capitol 4096 (House Of Gold, BMI) tion inadvertently omitted ABC ti- work for and orchestra, the National Symphony in 1970, 36 4 OUR LAST SONG TOGETHER tles from the new -release list. The narrator with text by Tom Stoppard. and his present contract extends Bobby Sherman, Janus 254 (Chess /Janus) (Don Kirshner, BMI) following represents a sampling of The 1975 edition of the WCLV through the 1975 -76 season. The 37 1 DAISY JANE new product to be released by the America, Warner Bros. 8118 (Warner Bros., ASCAP) station Bae- new contract provides for his serv- label from August and beyond: classical music radio 38 SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT deker lists 178 stations which offer a ices as music director for the 1976 -77 Elton John, MCA 40421 (Big Pig /Leeds, ASCAP) ABC -COMMAND PERFORMANCE "significant amount of classical mu- season in which he will lead the Or- 39 WATERFALL Carly Simon Elektra 45263 (C'est Music, ASCAP) Da Gagliano-Le Dafne- White. Harmon, Musica Pa- sic programming," including sta- chestra for 10 weeks. In the three cifica Members, Vorwerk. cond. tions from Florida to Alberta, Can- subsequent seasons 1977 -78, 1978- 40 FLYING HIGH Spell- Montagnana Trio. - Blackbyrds, Fantasy 747 (Blackbyrd, BMI) ada. Eleven stations are situated in 79, and 1979 -80 -he will continue The Romantic Cello Solow. 41 I BELIEVE I'M GONNA LOVE YOU New York, Wisconsin has 12; Penn- with the orchestra as principal guest Frank Sinatra, Reprise 1335 (Warner Bros.) (Senor /Sergeant, ASCAP) WESTMINSTER MUSIC sylvania, 11; the leader is California Conductor for substantial periods. 42 THE LAST PICASSO OF THE EARTH with 14. Eleven of the 14 are FMers. Mstislav Rostropovich becomes mu- Neil Diamond, Columbia 10138 (Stonebrige, ASCAP) WEMS -9001 -Music Of Guatemala -The San Lucas One is an AMer, two are AM and sic director in 1977 -78. 43 CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING (But My Love) Band. Stylistics, Avco 4656 (Avco Embassy, ASCAP) WEMM-9002 -Music In Sikkim. FM. Dorati just assumed responsi- WMM -9003- Traditional Music of Chile. 44 WOULD I STILL HAVE YOU The Indianapolis Symphony Or- bilities as chief conductor of the Lobo, Big Tree 16040 (Atlantic) (Famous, ASCAP) Orchestra in WESTMINSTER GOLD chestrais offering a special perform- Royal Philharmonic 45 HELP ME RHONDA project with Johnny Rivers, Epic 8-50121 (Columbia) (Irving, BMI) WGM -8320 -How The Mistress Met Ivan and other ance by Van Cliburn as a free bonus London. His first major Favorites- Various Artists. to subscribers of the full series of its that orchestra is to perform and 46 46 I 4 BLUE SKY WGS -8330- Russian Keyboard Masters Vol. III - Joan Baez, A &M 1703 (No Exit, BMI) 16 concerts in Clowes Hall. First record the complete Beethoven sym- Greenberg, Rozhdestvenski, Matsov, tonds. 47 DANCE WITH ME Moscow Symphony. 2,182 subscribers get to hear concert, phonies. He will also continue with Orleans, Asylum 45261 (Hall /Mojahanna, BMI) WGS -8324 -Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Or- 30. Peter Maag leads festi- his Haydn recording project, com- 48 40 7 FEELIN' THAT GLOW chestra in D Major- Leningrad Chamber Or- Nov. ... Atlantic 3271 (Lonport, BMI) chestra. val orchestra in opening concert pleting the concerti and beginning Robert Flack, WGM-8321- Rimsky- Korsakov: Trio In C Minor - Monday (28) of second week of the operas. He will return to Wash- 49 LIKE THEY SAY IN LA. Oistrakh, Knushevitski, Oborin. in East LA. Car Pool, GRC 2064 (J.1. Gold /Grapevine, ASCAP) 1 in G Mi- ington for the Haydn Festival WGS -8319 -Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. Mostly Mozart Festival, Avery 50 KING KINGSTON nor-USSR State Symphony. Fisher Hall, New York. September with the National Sym- George Fischoff, PIP 6503 (George Fischoff /Mourbar, ASCAP) WGS- 8329 -Stravinsky: Italian Suite From Ballet Pulcinella- Oistrakh, Zertsalova. ROBERT SOBEL phony Orchestra.

www.americanradiohistory.com 31 LoEîn Poor Show, Weak Support MARIACHI TO SALSA From Los Angeles Latins ,Ritmos Latinos Rock Bay Area By DAVE DEXTER JR. By ELIOT TIEGEL LOS ANGELES -Although this cal fills. The rhythm is fine and the LOS ANGELES -With more moting his recent Flying Dutchman salsa is virtually unknown. At 3024 is one of the major Latin communi- solos on sax, trombone and piano than 3 million Spanish- speaking LP, "Cesar 830" in stores and at ra- Mission is El Senoral, more intimate ties in the nation, the Mexican -ori- provide the jazz elements. But an Americans residing in this area, and dio stations. And every night he op- than the Elegante and the Terraza ented community still does not sup- overpowering bass clouded any sub- thousands more living and toiling in erates his own night club, Cesar's at and also sans cover. Casino Tropical port Latin jazz. tleties in the material. Nelson's tim- the verdant argicultural valleys ex- 576 Greece. at 2677 Mission is an oversized, old - A recent concert featuring three balist was spectacular. tending from San Diego County up Ascarrunz tub -thumps Latin mu- fashioned upstairs dance hall remi- attractions, including the king of Nelson's band is more for dancing to the Oregon border, it comes as sic constantly, plugging and pushing niscent of the Roseland on New powerhouse Latin jazz bands, Tito than listening which is why it didn't something of a revelation to learn salsa along with his myriad other in- York's Broadway. No cover here. Puente, failed to lure sufficient pa- wake up the people who sat coolly. that. the metropolitan San Fran- terests. And partly through his untir- If the Bay Area visitor craves trons. They couldn't have danced had they cisco- Oakland populace also has a ing efforts other Latin hot spots have more, he may stay on Mission all the The presentation featuring two wanted to anyhow. burgeoning Latin ambience -and been springing up, much as folkie way out to Hayward, where at 18553 shows July 17, one at 7:30 p.m. fol- Willie Bobo and his nine pieces that it shows in the music. and strip joints prolifically emerged he will encounter the Sting. It's a lowed by a 10 p.m. show at the Scott- included a trumpeter, saxman and To a Bay Area visitor the change is in the 1960s. contemporary, spacious spot cater- ish Rite Auditorium, were examples trombonist, regular drums, regular unmistakable. The new music is The hot street is Mission. At 3395 ing to youth with youthful musi- of the musicians almost playing for piano, bass, conga and the leader on abundant. It is virile. It is easy to is Club Elegante, masterminded by cians -the exact opposite of La Ter - themselves. timbales; But he didn't do anything find. Alfonso Ochoa. It's essentially a raza. Thé presentation failed because spectacular, preferring to work his One of the big reasons is Cesar As- dance hall with a $2 cover and a Back in San Francisco, there are the promoters, Down To Earth Pro- cymbal and leaving any explosions carrunz. wide variety of Mexican music. At yet other venues. The Alta Mar on ductions, foolishly booked Puente, to the regular drummer. He has his own radio show, on 3472 Mission is La Terraza, known Valencia is a combined restaurant - Willie Bobo and local John Nelson Bobo, who is a delightful charac- KOJY. He plays piano. He leads a for its mariachis, a more traditional club where the fanciest Latin danc- into two situations, with the first at ter on (and off) stage, really didn't Latin band. He chases around pro- boite without a cover charge where ers congregate. And on 19th, the the unusually early hour of 7:30. give his all. He played four tunes Centro Sociale Obrero serves up two And as a result of the meager au- during his half hour ( "Feel So Bad," dance bands every weekend with dience (less than 300) for the open- "Round Trip," "It's Impossible" in salsa and musica nortena dominat- ing show, Bobo and Puente were Spanish and English and "Ca- ing each set. In Oakland it's the New hustled offstage after brief sets and mellion." LoEin Scene Yorker on Foothill, a club so small never really got together with the This last tune by Herbie Hancock MEXICO CITY started in 1958 with a group then the French wouldn't even describe it people who did enjoy their music. was a fine example of soul and Sonora Santanera has scheduled known as Camisas Negras (Black as intime. But in the darkness one The Scottish Rite Latin, with Auditorium is a the beat quite funky and personal appearances through early Shirts). discerns a miniature dance floor and fine concert hall which has not been a high flying trumpet working August in the states of Vera Cruz, Two musical shows are now run- ear -aching, overamplified Latin used in the past for against the any musical buzzing keyboard riffs of Puebla, Campeche, Tabasco and ning back -to -back on Channel 2, rock. presentation and the Latin music (as the electric guitarist. Tamaulipis. Vikki Carr's latest, "Foro 2" and "Exitos." The formula California's Latin music is vir- part of a multi- evening bill Puente and his 17 of fare) pieces, the ma- "En Espanol," album which hit the is meeting with success rating -wise, tually all of Mexican origin. New sounded fine. The promoters had jority from New York, were sen- market in June, is showing excellent reports a Televisa spokesman. ... York's is Puerto Rican, in the main, plenty of équipment on hand plus sational during their 25 minutes. sales according to a CBS spokesman. Tour is being arranged for Luis and throughout Florida it's mostly good lighting. The four trumpets, three trombones, Musart reports ditto reaction for "Vivi" Hernandez in Western Eu- of Cuban descent. That's why top - Johnny Nelson and 10 four saxes roared his pieces through the charts one of their imports from MCA, rope and Russia later this fall.... selling Latin disk artists on the East played mambos and a guajira dur- in a spine -tingling manner. Puente, "Nothing Fancy," album by Lynyrd Songstress Claudia Islas shifting to Coast are unknown out here, and ing their four -tune, 25- minute por- dressed in white, did his well -known Skynyrd.... Talks have started to material in the genre of tropical and vice versa. But eager Cesar Ascar- tion of the show. This band features dance steps while leading, soloists combine radio stations XEX, XEQ bolero. ... Gamma getting good re- runz believes he can change all that. an electric piano and electric bass, from the three sections riding on the and XEW into one huge network. sponse off airplay of Clemencia Tor- "New York, Florida, Illinois -it two trombones, one saxophone, and crest of the fantastic rhythm patterns XEX, one of the leading outlets for res' latest single, "Yo No Se" ( "I doesn't matter," he says. "If the Nelson, the lead voice, plus accented by a gal timbales and cowbell. breaking records here, would be Don't Know "). Singer- composer is record buyer has even an ounce of who shakes and lends some poor vo- (Continued on page 55) turned into an all -news station, Colombian -born and lives in Spain. Latin blood he will react to my mu- while the others would be straight (Continued on page 55) sic. I touch all humanity." music. ... All are 50,000 watts or Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY for Week Ending 8/2/75 more, and, according to an industry source, there could be a radical i change in the market. Emilio Azcar- raga, co -owner of Telesistema, the SpecNubd al Su f Vey n LPi nation's leading independent video network (Channels 2, 4, 5 and 8), is coordinating negotiations. ... Mu- ® Ccpyright 1975, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, sart is getting ready with a new CHARLIE photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Grand Funk Railroad release.... Ce- PALMIERI sar Costa this month is celebrating AND HIS ORCHESTRA IN CHICAGO his 15th year as a solo singer. He This TITLE -Artist, Label 8 This TITLE -Artist, Label 8 ADELANTE Week Number (Distributing Label) Week Number (Distributing Label) GIGANTE Disking Sessions 1 CAMILO SESTO 9 ANGELICA MARIA Camilo Sesto, Pronto Pts 1011 Angelica Maria, Sonido Internacional SI- Distributed By Fania Records, Inc. Compatble Stereo CLPA 7013 8009 2 VICENTEFERNANDEZ Droop In Mexico Dist: R &J. 108 Sherman Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10034 (212) 942 -8185 El Idolo De Mexico, Caytronics 1420 10 ROSENDA BERNAL La Esposa Olvidada, Latin International Allied Wholesale: Calle Cerra #610, Santurce, P.R. 00927 (809) 725 -9255 3 LOS FREDDYS 5027 Epoca De Oro, Peerless 1041 During Confabs 11 LOS ANGELES NEGRO 4 LOS MUECAS A Ti, Arcano DKL- 1.3271 Roguera De Amor, Caytronics 1413 MEXICO CITY -Scheduling of recording sessions here has 5 HECTOR LAVOE 12 CELIA & JOHNNY dropped Vaya La Voz, Fania XSLP -00461 Quimbara, XVS -31 substantially because of the negotia- 6 LOS BABYS 13 EDDIE PALMIERI tions which have started between The Sun Of Latin Music, Coco 109XX COCO Como Sufro, Peerless 1769 AMPROPHON and SUTM, record 7 JUAN TORRES 14 CORTIJO & ISMAEL RIVERA companies' 17- member organiza- A Borinquen, Musart 1640 Juntos Otra Vez, Coco CLP -113XX tion and the Mexican musicians' RECORDS 8 NELSON NED 15 LUCHA VILLA union, respectively. A new two-year coco records "EI Sonido Creativo" Nelson Ned, United Artists 1550 Los Discos De Oro, Musart 1636 contract is being discussed. proudly announces the international distribution of Heading the negotiating com- mittee for AMPROPHON is Heinz GRAFFITI RECORDS IN NEW YORK Klinckwort, owner of Peerless, and featuring Musart's president, Eduardo L. Bap- LA CORPORACION LATINA tista. Leading the group for 1 WILLIE COLON 8 TICO ALEGRE ALL STARS SUTM (Impact Orch. of the Year) The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, Fania XSLP Live At Carnegie Hall, Tico 1325 is union president Venus Rey. 00484 9 SONORA MATANCERA One of the key bargaining points Their ON AT1FN1 2 HECTOR LAVOE 50 Anos, Secco SSD -4001 for the new pact is a 40 percent in- New Hit La Voz, Fania XSLP -00461 10 FANIA ALL STARS crease being asked by the musicians. LP Vol. 1 & 2, Fama 476.7 3 JOSE FAJARDO AMPROPHON is reportedly of- Estrellas Del 75, Coco CLP -I15 11 EL CRAN TRIO fering a 15 percent raise. Specula- A Que No Te Atreves, Montilla 272 4 TIPICA 13 tion is that a settlement will The Hit LP 12 RAY RODRIGUEZ be Candela, Ica 1043 of 1974 And Dora, Mericana XMS -130 reached somewhere around the 25 r iret 5 ORCH. IDEAL 13 CORTIJO & ISMAEL RIVERA percent bracket. GLP 2002 "LA CORPORA - GLP 2001 "ORO. LA Orch. Ideal, Artol -6001 Juntos Otra Vez, Coco CLP -I13XX COR- Although SUTM has okayed a go- CION LATINA IS HEREI" Produced by: PORACION LATINA" 6 HARLOW 14 JOHNNY VENTURA ahead on recording, it is unknown Contains the Big Hit: Rafael Cardona, Jr. Live In Quad, Fania QXS1P-00472 En Accion, Discolor -70 "DESENGANO PT II" whether or not the rates will be ap- b/w "VENEZUELA" 15 MANGUNI & DATATO Distributors: 7 CELIA & JOHNNY plicable to the old contract or the Understanding Latin Rhythms, LP NY: R & J (212) 942 -8185 P.R.: Universal (809) 722 -5689. Calif.: Allwest (213) 734 -4108, Doran's Quimbara, Vaya XVS -31 Ventures -337 new one. The last two -year pact ex- (213) 628 -6751. Musica Latina (213) 385 -2151, Pacific (415) 465 -4783. Ylantit Tropicana (305) pired July 1. 649 -2110.

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In Babylon Copyrig at 1975, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publcation may be reproduced, sto ed in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, (At WBAB) photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. By JEAN WILLIAMS *STAR Performer- singles registering great. est proportionate upward progress this week LOS ANGELES -Gospel returns Yyy Y N ÿÚ NV 3 wt to Babylon. But v 3Có 11E1, ARTIST TITLE, ARTIST that's Babylon, co 3g TITLE, ARTIST (Writer), label 8 Number (Dist. label) (Publisher, Long Island, by way of WBAB -AM. a Licensee) 3 (Writer), Label 8 Number (Dist. Label) (Publisher, Licensee) (Writer), Label 8 Number (Dist. Label) (Publisher, Licensee) Ms. Muriel Hornstein, owner of

10 FIGHT THE POWER 1 the station including its FM affiliate, PT. -Islay Bros 33 26 11 CHOCOLATE CITY - Parliaments 68 67 8 WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT- Philly Devotions (E. Isley, M Isley, R. Isley, claims many families and young O. Isley, R. Isley, (G. Clinton, W. Collins, B. Worrell), Casablanca 831 (J. Davis), Columbia 3-10143 / C Jasper), T-Neck 81256 (Epic /Columbia) (Mailbiz /Rick's Music, BMI) (John Davis /BryWek, ASCAP) people are interested in hearing (Bovina, ASCAP) 46 6 POTENTIAL -Jimmy Castor Bunch 79 3 HE'S MY 2 10 SEXY -MFSB * MAN- Supremes more gospel. She says she surveyed (E. Henderson). Atlantic 3270 (Jimpire, BMI) (G. Wright, K. Patterson), Motown 1358 (K Gamble, L. Ruff), Philadelphia International 8- the 3 (lobate, ASCAP) market to come up with this con- 3567 (Epic /Columbia) (Mighty Three, BMI) 54 GET THE CREAM OFF THE clusion. TOP - 7 HOPE THAT WE CAN BE 80 2 THIS WILL BE- Ratage tole (B. Holland, E. Holland), Tamla 54260 (Motown) (C. Jackson, M. Yancy), Capitol 4109 Sending circulars to clergymen of TOGETHER- Sharon Page (Stone Diamond /Gold Forever, BMI) (lay's Enterprises /Chappell, ASCAP) (K. Gamble. L. Huff), Philadelphia International 8- all denominations in an effort to 36 43 10 TO 3569 (Epic /Columbia), (Mighty Three Music, BMI) SWEARIN' GOD- Frankie Valli gain support for her new venture (B. Crewe, D. Randell), Private Stock 45021 (Hearts 81 2 CHASING RAINBOWS -Blue Magic lr (T. DO IT IN THE NAME Delight/ Caseyem /Desidera, Mills), Atco 7031 (WIMOT /Mystic Dragon, BMI) turned into an "instant" success, she BMI) OF LOVE -Ben E. King 37 25 8 FEELIN' THAT GLOW Roberta - Flack 72 72 6 SEXY Family Plan (P. Grant, G. SUMMER - says. Guthrie), Atlantic 3274 (E. McDaniels, B. Rusco, L.L. Pendarvis, M. (Penumbra, BMI) (K. Ross), Drive 6242 (TK) (Lowery, BMI) WBAB -AM, a sunrise to sunset Mckinley, Sister C. Laws), Atlantic 3271 station formerly played progressive 6 10 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (Blow Your 38 31 11 HURT - Manhattans 73 78 5 YOU'RE EVERYTHING I Whistle) -Gary Toms Empire (A. Jacobs, J. Crane), Columbia 3-10140 NEED-Major Lance rock which was simulcast with its 24- (R. Cook). PIP6504 (Cookaway. ASCAP) (Miller, ASCAP) (F. Knight), Osiris 001 (East Memphis /Tod Knight, 39 34 11 BMI) hour FM sister. 3 15 THE HUSTLE -van McCoy a The Soul City IF YOU TALK IN YOUR Ms. Hornstein is separating the Symphony SLEEP -Little Milton 84 2 HOW LONG (Betcha' Got A Chick On (V. McCoy), Avco 4653 (Van McCoy /Warner. (R. West, 1. Christopher), Stay 0238 (Epic/ The Side)- Pointer Sisters two stations, with the AM going Tamerlane, BMI) Columbia) (A. Pointer, 1. Pointer, R. Pointer, D. Rubinson), (Easy Nine /Elvis Music Inc., BMI) completely gospel. 11 DREAM MERCHANT -New Birth ABC /Blue Thumb 265 (Polo Grounds, BMI /Ebbetts 60 Field, ASCAP) The station which was built 15 (L. Weiss, J. Ross), Buddah 470 (Saturday. BMI) 4 HUSTLE!!! (Dead On It) -lames Brown (J. Brown), Polydor 14281 (Dynatone /Belinda/ 15 GET DOWN years ago, features a cross section of TONIGHT -RC. & The Sunshine Unichappell, BMI) 75 61 12 GOD BLESS OUR LOVE - Charles Bremmer Band (A . Green, W. Mitchell, E. Eandle), Chelsea 41 38 11 3017 gospel ranging from old standards to (KW. Casey, R. Finch), TK 1009 (Sherlyn, BMI) SEVEN LONELY NIGHTS - (Hi, BMI) (J R. Rudy, K. Williams, R. Clark), ABC 12096 contemporary. 14 FOREVER CAME TODAY Jackson 5 - (Pocketfull of Tunes /Giant, BMI) 76 63 7 ITS THE J.B.'S MONAURAIL (E. Holland, L. Dozier, B. Holland), Motown 1356 PART 1- The owner is also changing the Fred (Stone Agate, BMI) 42 42 12 LOVE BEING YOUR Wesley 8 The New 1B's (1 Brown), People 655 ( Polydor) (Dynatone/ personnel of WBAB -AM. Al Ticth, a FOOL -Charles Whitehead 10 5 10 I'LL DO FOR YOU ANYTHING YOU Belinda/ Chappell, BMI) former gospel deejay, is now pro- (J. Williams Jr., C. Whitehead), Island 007 (Mr. WANT ME TO -Barry White Dogg /ATV, BMI) gram director and Chuck (R. White), 20th Century 2208 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY - Spinners Risby, 43 *C=0 (1.B. Jefferson, B. Hawes, (Sa-Vette/January, BMI) 37 13 WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU - Labelle C. Simmons) Atlantic who formerly promoted gospel con- (J Ellison, E. Batts), Epic 8-50097 (Columbia) 3284 (Mighty Three, BMI) 11 9 12 FREE MAN -Sash Shore Commission (Gospel Bird, BMI) certs, has joined the staff. (B. Sigler), Wand 11287 (Scepter) 78 56 13 IT AIN'T NO FUN - 44 36 14 THE WAY WE WERE/TRY TO Ms. Hornstein is still searching for (Mighty Three, BMI) (F. Knight), Truth 3223 (Stay) (East /Memphis/Two REMEMBER -Gladys Knight 12 12 THREE STEPS FROM TRUE 8 The Pips Knight, BM)) announcers with gospel back- (M Hamlisch, A. Bergman, M. Bergman /H. Schmidt, LOVE- Reffedions T. Jones), Buddah 463 (Co)gems, ASCAP /Chappell, 79 77 5 REACH FOR THE MOON (Poor grounds. (J.R. Bailey, K. Williams), Capitol 4078 (A Dish A ASCAP) People)- Angelo In her search, she is in the Tunes, BMI) Bond market 45 33 15 GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT - (A. Bond). ABC 12077 (ABC /Dunhill /Bondage, BMI) for another gospel station which she 13 7 10 PLEASE PARDON ME (You Remind Me O'lays (K. 80 86 5 HARMOUR Of A Friend) -Rufus Featuring Choke Khan Gamble, L. Huff), Philadelphia International 8- LOVE- Syreeta says will be located in (S. Wonder), Motown 1353 somewhere B. Gordon, R. Russell), ABC 12099 (Kengorus/ 3565 (Columbia) (Mighty Three, BM)) (Jobete /Black Bull, ASCAP) the New England area. But she Palladium, ASCAP) 46 44 11 FOREVER IN LOVE -Love Unlimited Orchestra states she will not buy a presently 14 10 15 SOONER OR LATER- Impressions 93 2 FLYING HIGH- Blackbyrds (B. White), 20th Century 2197 (E. Townsend), Cullom 0103 (Warner Bros.) (K. Killgo), Fantasy 747 (Blackbyrd, BMI) going station, because she wants to (Cherritown, BMI) (Sa-Vette/January Music, BMI) 47 45 10 DISCO 82 85 3 EXPANSIONS- Lennie Liston Smith build her own. 2 OH ME, OH MY (Dream In My QUEEN - Chocolate (T. Brown, E Wilson), Big Tree 16038 (Atlantic), (L.L. Smith), Flying Dutchman 10214 (RCA) An idea for broadening the sta- Arms) -u Green (Finchley, ASCAP) (Cosmic Echoes, e (W. Mithcell, A. Green, M. Hodges), Hi 2288 tion's gospel audience is through a 48 53 5 I'LL BE COMIN' BACK -Greg Perry (London) (Jec /AT Green, BMI) 000LA IA-Betty Wright (L. Perry, I) Davis, M. Cowart), Casablanca 835 chapel which she is having built on (C. Reid, W. Clarke) Alston 3715 (TK) 2 THAT'S THE WAY OF THE (Cafe Americana /Peabody, ASCAP) the studio grounds. She will adver- (Sherlyn, BMI) WORLD- Earth, Wind 8 Fire 49 48 12 PAIN -Edwin Starr (M. White. C. Stephey, V. White). Columbia 310172 tise for weddings, which will be per- (E. Starr), Granite 522 (ATV /Zonal, BMI) THE GOOD OLD DAYS -Main ingredient (Saggiflame, ASCAP) (L. Perry) RCA 10334 (1.1.P. /Jazzman, ASCAP) formed in the chapel and will be 50 47 6 LOVE INFLATION (Part 1) -The Joneses 2 MAKE ME FEEL UKE A (G. Dorsey). Mercury 73689 (Phonogram) (Candy/ 85 92 3 ALVIN STONE (Birth & Death Of A broadcast over the air. WOMAN- Jackie Moore Unichappell, BMI) Gangster) - Fantastic Four Ms. (C. Reid) Kayvette 5122 (TK) (Sherlyn, BMI) 1 Hornstein also owns and op- 51 57 FOOT STOMPIN' MUSIC - Hamilton (A. Kent, C. Colbert), 20th Century/Westbound erates a franchise for Columbia 18 20 ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN Bohannon 5009 (H. Bohannon), Dakar 4544 (Brunswick), (Hog/ WORDS- Chocolate Milk School of Broadcasting in Long Is- Bohannon, ASCAP) 86 87 4 SIX DAYS AND A NIGHT -Candi Staten (L. Harris, 1. Smith Ill, A. Castenell, F. Richards, D. (F. Wright, D. Greer, G. Jackson, F. Cage). Warner land, and has hired Marty Quinn, a Richards, M. Tio, K. Williams, R. Dabon, E. Dabon), 65 3 DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANNA Peoples - Bros. 8112 (Gre-Jac /Superheavy, BMI) newscaster and former student to RCA 10290 (Marsaint, BMI) Choice 2 YOUR LOVE -Graham Central Station (L Huff), Tsop 8 -4169 (Epic /Columbia) 97 2 ITS ALL OVER NOW - work at the station. (L. Graham), Warner Bros. 8105 (Nineteen Eighty (Mighty Three, BMI) (B. Womack, S. Womack), United Artists 674 "The staff of announcers from the Foe. BMI) 53 58 6 GOOD LOVIN' IS JUST A DIME AWAY - (Kags. BMI) The Originals 20 16 11 SNEAKIN' UP BEHIND 91 2 LOVE TAKES TEARS Johnny stations are instructors at the (L. Dozier). Motown 1355 (Dozier, BMI) - Bristol YOU - Brecker Brothers (J. Bristol), MGM 14814 (Bushka, ASCAP) school," she explains. 13 2 (D. Grolnick, W. Lee. D. Sanborn, R Brechen, IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE - Tavares WBAB -FM with 3,000 watts M. Brecher), Arista 0122 (Carmine Street, BMI) * (D. Lambert, B. Potter), Capitol 4111 WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE - (ABC/ Dunhill /One Of A Kind, BMI) Ralph Carter presently is raising its antenna. 21 19 11 COME AN' GET YOURSELF (V. McCoy) Mercury 73695 (Phonogram( (Wren, 55 50 14 EASE ON DOWN THE Mark Allen, program and music di- SOME -Leon Haywood BMI) (C.R. Cason), 20th Century 2191 ROAD - Consumer Rapport (C. Smalls), Wing And A Prayer 101 (Atlantic) rector of the rock station, says "Long (Caesar's Music Library, ASCAP) LOVE'S SO WONDERFUL Natural Four (Fox Fanfare, BMI) r:=0 - (L. Hutson) Curtom 0104 (Warner Island is a predominately white 22 13 11 JUST A UTILE BIT OF Bros.) (Silent 56 39 20 ROCKIN CHAIR -Gwen McCrae Giant /Aopa, ASCAP) YOU Jackson area, and whites are getting into gos- -Michael (C. Reid, W. Clarke) Cat 1996 (TK) (B. Holland, E. Holland) Motown 1349F 91 pel We Sherlyn, BMI( 88 SOS (Sending Out An SOS) -Retta Young programming. are trying to (Gold Forever /Stone Diamond, BMI) (D. Lenier, A. Landon), All Platinum 2355 69 4 UNDER YOUR POWERFUL LOVE -Joe Tex (Gambi, BMI) give this community a service which 23 17 15 Commodores * - (1. Tex), Dial 1154 ( Phonogram) (Tree, BMI) (T McClary. is not covered here," he says. Commodores), Motown 1338 (Jobete. 92 100 GIMME SOME (Part One) ASCAP) 71 4 A WOMAN NEEDS TO BE - Jimmy "Bo" Horne "Country music is popular in the LOVED -Tyrone Davis 3 DREAMING A DREAM -Crown Heights Affair (H. W. Casey, R. Finch), Alston 3714 (TK) (W. Henderson, F. Smith, C. Davis), Dakar 4545 areas surrounding Babylon, and the (F. Neragis, B. Britton), De -Lite 1570 (PIP) (Sherlyn, BMI) (Brunswick) (Jalynne/BRC, BMI) people find country music very close (Delightful, BMI) 59 64 5 LIFE AND DEATH IN GrMA (Love Childs 93 90 IF YOU WANT A LOVE 25 28 THE PHONE'S BEEN JUMPING ALL to gospel," he adds. Afro) -Cuban Blues Band AFFAIR -Jesse James DAY- Jeannie Reynolds (S. Stewart), Roulette 7172 (Daly City. BMI) (B. Craig, R. Carson, H.B. Barnum), 20th Century * * * (N. Tony), Casablanca 834 (Groovesville, BMI) 2201 (Hi Ward /EI Patricio, ASCAP) 60 62 20 DYNOMITE- Bazuka 26 18 16 LOOK AT ME (I'm In Love)- Moments And in Fayetteville, N.C., Bill (T. Camilo), HUM 1666 (Tonob, BMI) 94 82 I AM HIS LADY -Melba Moore (A. Goodman, H Ray. W Morris). Stang 5060 (M. Ames), Buddah 452 (Sweet Hooper. ASCAP/ Hennessee, program and music di- (All Platinum) )Gambi, BMI) tf 74 3 TRY ME TONIGHT -Johnnie Taylor (D. Davis). Sfax 0241 (Groovesville. BMI) Sky Forest. BMI( rector of WIDU, an r &b station, says 3 YOLANDA- Bobby Bland W 62 70 8 I DON'T WANT TO BE A LONE 95 95 WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES is in (D. Moore). ABC 12105 (ABC /Dunhill /Speed. BMI) - gospel also growing that area. RANGER -Johnny Guitar Watson Esther Philips 40 CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING Gospel is aired twice daily and (J.G. Watson), Fantasy 739 (Jowat. BMI) (M Grever, S. Adams), Kudu 925 (Motown) (But My Love)- Stylistics (E.B. Marks, BMI /Stanley Adams, ASCAP) 63 51 17 MISTER MAGIC Grover Wa takes the major part of Sunday. (Hugo 8 Luigi, G.D. Weiss), auto 4656 (Avco - hington Jr. (R. Macdonald, W. Salter), Kudu Embassy, ASCAP) 924 (Motown) 96 94 (Call Me Your) ANYTHING Hennessee claims that jazz and (Antisia. ASCAP) MAN -Bobby Moore 29 32 I COULD DANCE AU. blues are also on the upswing there. 64 66 6 TAKE GOOD CARE OF (H. Beatty), Scepter 12405 NIGHT -Archie Bell a The Drells YOURSELF -Three Degrees (High Sierra /Velveteen, ASCAP) "It's being included in our regular (R. Tyson, B. Sigler, A. Felder), Tsop 84767 (Epic/ (K. Gamble. L Huff), Philadelphia International Columbia) (Mighty Three /Golden Fleece, BMI) 97 99 EIGHTEEN WITH A BULLET -Pete Wingfield r &b format. We are playing jazz and 83568 (Epic /Columbia) (P. Wingfield). Island 026 (Acker, ASCAP) 4 GLASSHOUSE- Temptations blues and directing it to the young 65 68 6 (Baby) DON'T LET IT MESS YOUR (Charlemagne), Gordy 7144 (Motown) (Jobette. 98 96 LOVE AIN'T NO TOY- Yvonne Fair people. We are successfully doing ASCAP /Stone Diamond, BMI) MIND -Donny Gerrard (N. Whitfield), Motown 1354 (Stone Diamond, BMI) (N. Sedaka, P. Cody), Rocket 40405 (MCA) (Don this because we are not tagging it," 31 21 16 TAKE ME TO THE RIVER -Syl Johnson Kirshner, BMI /Kirshner Songs, ASCAP) (A. Green, M. Hodges), Hi 2285 (London) 99 75 I CAN'T QUIT YOUR LOVE -Buck he says. 76 4 LOVE IS MISSING -Dells a Dramatics (L. Caston. C.' Wakefield), Playboy (Jec /AI Green, BMI) W 6039 (Jobete/ "Artists such as Donald Byrd, the (T. Hester), Cadet 5710 (Chess /Janus) Stone Agate. ASCAP) 32 22 14 WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS? -War (Groovesville, BMI) (S. Allen, H. Brown, M. Dickerson, L. Jordan, C. 100 98 SUPERSHIP- George "Bad" Benson Blackbyrds, Grover Washington 67 59 17 CUT THE CAKE -Awe Miller. L. Oskar, H. Scott, J. Goldstein), (R. Macdonald, W. Salter. W. Eaton, A. Jenkins), (White, Gorrie. Mclntish), Atlantic 3261 (Average/ and Bobbi Humphrey plus B.B. United Artists 629 (Far Out, ASCAP) CTI 25 (Motown) (Antisia, ASCAP) Cotillion. BMI) (Continued on page 33)

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Ó Returns Are No Problem ._ .2 Sou LPs. For The Gospel Retailer C Copyright 1975, Billboard Publications. Inc. No part o this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without By JEAN WILLIAMS the prior written permission of the publisher. LOS ANGELES -Returns on and its main source of exposure is tapes, but not cassettes, and Collins merchandise is one of the headaches word of mouth. This is a large says that as many tapes are sold as V, *STAR Performer-LP's registering Á eliminated when operating a gospel church town, and that's the avenue albums. "Most gospel tapes are V greatest proportionate upward prog, ca-= 4i aa retail outlet, says 011ie Collins, used to exhibit gospel talent," he packaged as singles. The only : rem this week owner of Monique's gospel specialty says. double tape that we carry is Aretha 3 ; TITLE 3 ; TITLE Artist, Label & Number ,n Artist, Label & Number chain here. "Monique's has not felt Franklin's H t . 1 the econ- 'Amazing Grace.' " 4 ; (Dist. Label) 3 3 (Dist. Label) A continuing problem with gospel omy pinch," he says, explaining, . All tapes, doubles excluded, sell THE HEAT IS ON 32 34 14 THE WIZ /ORIGINAL CAST music is its seemingly unavailability. "gospel music sells on a continuous 1 7 for $6.50, and the albums are $4.98. Isley Brothers, T-Neck PZ 33536 RECORDING "Distributors are not as con- basis, which is one of the reasons for The family operation is open seven (CBS) Atlantic SD 18137 scientious about gospel as they are no merchandise returns. If we keep a days a week 10 a.m. -6 p.m. about other product," says Collins. record in the store long enough, 2 3 7 UNIVERSAL LOVE 33 18 21 MISTER MAGIC MFSB, Philadelphia International "Usually, my merchandise arrives eventually it will sell. Grover Washington Jr., Bodo KU 20 "People are beginning to lie KZ 33158 (CBS) SI (Motown) late or not at all," he continues. Dis- "Contrary to popular opinion, turned onto gospel," he says, adding, 4 7 CHOCOLATE CHIP puting the claim that young people gospel customers are not always sen- "there is a market it, is 34 37 11 KOKOMO for but it not * Isaac Hayes, Hot Buttered Soul Kokomo, Columbia PC 33442 prefer contemporary gospel to ior citizens. The ages of my custom- exposed here." ABCD 874 (ABC)

standards, he says, "we sell more tra- ers range from 20 -40 and gospel is ' Collins is CUT THE CAKE 43 GET DOWN ditional gospel, constantly receiving growing among even younger also a gospel vocalist on 4 5 8 ' 2 ABC Records with an album on the , Atlantic SD Joe Simon. Spring SPR 67061 requests for it. But record companies people. 18140 (Polydor) are releasing basically contempo- "I have found that many young label "Sound Of Music." ADVENTURES IN PARADISE rary gospel now." people do not like being forced to 7 10 39 6 LET'S TAKE IT TO THE * Minnie Riperton. PE Epic 33454 * STAGE Collins opened the first Monique listen to contemporary music, and (Columbia) Funkadelic, 20th Century/Westbound shop in 1973 followed by a second in my sales have increased because for Fred Catero Named W 215 '74 and third in '75. All outlets are in the most way 6 6 24 TO BE TRUE part, the only they will Harold Melvin 8 The Bluenotes, West Los Angeles. He has plans to hear their favorite standard gospel S.F. Academy Boss Philadelphia International KZ 33148 37 19 21 CAUGHT IN THE ACT expand his operation to the Comp- record is it. (Columbia) Commodores. Motown 146 -820 SI to buy SAN FRANCISCO -Fred Catero ton, Calif., area. "As a matter of fact," he contin- has been elected president of the lo- 7 2 21 THAT'S THE WAY OF THE 38 24 8 FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE He says that he does not have to ues, "inflation seems to be bringing WORLD Roberta Flack, Atlantic 18131 cal chapter of the National Acad- SD go outside California to make gospel people back into the church, which Earth, Wind & Fire, Columbia PC emy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 33280 purchases, preferring to deal with is another reason for the upswing in 39 45 3 ODE TO MY LADY He replaces Leo Kulka, who became Willie Hutch. Motown M6838 SI Soul City, Record Merchandising gospel record sales. MOVING VIOLATION the chapter's first president at its in- tir 10 S and Southwest Distributors. "Some of our most popular artists Jackson 5, Motown M6- 82951 ception last year. Kulka was named 40 47 4 LOVE CORPORATION "Persons working in gospel shops include Shirley Caesar, The Blind Hues Corporation, RCA APL1 0938 vice president in the new election. 11 8 THANK YOU BABY are usually more familiar with the Boys, Loving Sisters, Soul Stirrers Stylistics, Asco AV 69008 product," says Collins, explaining and of course James Cleveland. An- Other officers, some of whom con- 41 44 7 RENAISSANCE tinue in the same posts: Tom Scott, 14 27 A SONG FOR YOU Ray Charles, Crossover CR 9005 that gospel is released on an average drae' Crouch is the biggest seller in Temptations, Motown C6 96951 12 records a month, as 2nd vice president; Michael An- of compared contemporary." 42 LIQUID LOVE dreas, secretary; Phil Karp, assistant 15 4 WHY CAN'T WE BE to far more releases in the r &b area. Collins gives gospel a boost Itir , Columbia PC FRIENDS? secretary; Vance Frost, treasurer, 33556 "The staff can familiarize them- through his daily gospel program on War. United Artists UA.LA441-G selves with the product because KBCA -FM, Los Angeles, 4 a.m. -5 and Ed Wetteland, assistant treas- 43 46 33 NEW AND IMPROVED is urer. 12 12 8 TALE SPINNIN' there not an abundance coming in a.m. and Sunday 8 a.m. -11 a.m. And Spinners, Atlantic SD 18118 Weather Report. Columbia PC 33417 at one time. This gives the customer KBCA is his only radio advertising Catero heads the local Catero better service, and we are better able outlet. Sound Co. He is an associate of pro- 13 8 15 SURVIVAL 44 33 10 ALVIN STONE: BIRTH AND to assist them," he adds. Because gospel records are diffi- ducer David Rubinson and has ()'lays, Philadelphia International DEATH OF A GANGSTER KZ 33150 (Columbia) "Gospel records are not usually cult to locate, the Fantastic Four. 20th Century; KBCA advertise- done engineering and production Westbound W 201 released on singles, therefore 99 per- ment brings customers from as far work on many hit albums to have 14 9 15 DISCO BABY Van McCoy & The Soul City cent of our merchandise is albums." away as Oxnard and Palm Springs, come out of San Francisco in recent 45 49 2 BURNIN' Symphony. Avca AV 69006 -698 Collins claims Los Angeles has Calif., approximately 120 miles from years, including records by the Bob Marley & The Wailers. Island ILPS 9256 limited outlets for gospel exposure. Los Angeles. Pointer Sisters, Santana and Herbie 22 3 THE HIT MAN Eddie Kendricks, Tamla T6-338 SI "Gospel is aired on a limited basis, 8 Monique's also stocks -track Hancock. (Motown) 46 52 3 HALF A LOVE Chi'Lites, Brunswick BL 754204 20 4 LOOK AT ME Moments, Stang ST 1026 (All 47 53 2 DISCO DYNAMITE Platinum) Shirley 8 Company, Vibration 81.128 Gospel Returns To Babylon's WBAB (All Platinum) 17 13 32 SUN GODDESS Ramsey bawls. Columbia KC 33194 Continued from page 32 was deleted. "We are dealing with p.m. -3:30 p.m. followed by Larry 48 A SOULFUL EXPERIENCE Rance Allen Group, Truth TRS 4207 too many cultures. I now have 60 Hendrix 3:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. (sign - 18 21 7 ROCKIN' CHAIR King, Bobby Blue Bland and Ty- (Sfax) singles and any number of albums off). Weekends have Johnny Steven- Gwen McCrae, Cat 2605 (T.K.) rone Davis are played. We try to included in the programming," says son hosting. ROLLING DOWN A HEAVEN RIGHT HERE stick to contemporary sounds, but 19 17 14 49 50 4 ON Hennessee. * * * MOUNTAINSIDE EARTH never do we say that it's jazz or Main Ingredient, RCA APLI.0644 Natural four, Curtom CU 5004 "One blues record is injected each blues, because labels tend to turn off KQIZ, formerly KRAY, Ama- (Warner Bros.) an audience," hour and one jazz every two hours," rillo, Tex., has changed its soul for- 20 23 11 BUND BABY he adds. New Birth, Buddah BDS 5636 he adds. mat to easy listening, using a down 50 51 15 A QUIET STORM Fayetteville is the home of Fort Smokey Robinson, Tamla T6 337 SI Hennessee listens to every record 21 16 8 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE Bragg and Pope air force base. A Top 40 chart, says music director Al- (Motown) received by the station. "I do not se- len Gaines ... The Chicago chapter, AMERICA TODAY large percentage of WIDU's au- Curtis Mayfield. Curtom CU 5001 lect records by types. If I feel my au- dience is military personnel, says National Assn. Television and Ra- (Warner Bros.) 51 57 3 BEST OF dience will like it, I play it. But rec- dio Announcers (NATRA) held its Mandrill, Polydor PD 6047 Hennessee. STEPPIN' ords are played on their merits local awards July 18, McCormick tí 30 4 "The area is growing because alone," he explains. Pointer Sisters. ABC /Blue Thumb 52 32 15 CHOCOLATE CITY Place, Chicago. BTSD 6021 servicemen retire from the military Parliament, Casablanca NBLP 7014 And speaking of hit records, he Cecil Hale and Richard Steel, na- and build homes here," he explains. 23 27 36 FLYING START THE BEST OF THE NEW says: "I feel that program directors tional and local presidents respec- Blackbyrds, Fantasy FÁ472 53 56 2 Another reason for the cross sec- should recognize that records can be tively, hosted the event. Popular disk BIRTH RCA APE I m': tioned programming is, "industry is turntable hits, and should be able to jockey E. Rodney Jones was master 24 26 20 THE DRAMATIC JACKPOT coming to the area because new ma- Ron Banks & The Dramatics, ABC treat them as just that and not force of ceremonies ... Two Atlantic ABCD 867 jor highways are being built right 54 =OSTILL CAUGHT LIP them on his audience as hit records. Recording artists, Major Harris and Millie Jackson, Spring SPR 6708 THE SUPREMES through the city," he claims, adding, Honesty is important in 25 25 8 (Polydor) program- Blue Magic are appearing onstage Motown MO 828 S. "we have to serve several cultural ming. The best job security for the together at Disneyland July 27 -Aug. 55 38 IN THE POCKET areas because of their varied back- r &b disk jockey is community in- 26 29 4 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 14 1.... And Atlantic's Sister Sledge Stanley Turrentine, Fantasy F 9478 grounds." Impressions, Codom CU 5003 volvement, which comes back to have been named Most Promising (Warner Bros.) WIDU is tied tightly into Fort being honest with the people. New Group by the National Assn. of 56 THE BOY'S DOIN' IT Bragg through a program which is 27 28 6 EXPANSIONS Hugh Masekela, Casablanca NBLP "The personality r &b deejay must Broadcasters in Japan. Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic 7017 broadcast directly from the base and have the community standing be- The four sisters are currently on Echoes, Flying Dutchman BDL1,0934 aired on the station Sunday 3 p.m.- hind him in order to survive; that's tour in Japan after winning the Sil- (RCA) 57 41 26 NIGHT BIRDS 3:30 p.m. La Belle. Epic KE 33075 (Columbia) why it's important for soul stations ver Award at the International Mu- 28 35 3 GEORGE McCRAE The r &b Fort Bragg program also to deal heavily with its sic Festival, Tokyo. ... The Staple TK 602 community." 58 42 10 SEX MACHINE TODAY gives information of interest to the Singers now on Warner Bros. are James Brown. Polydor PD 6042 Hennessee takes over the 6 a.m. - 29 31 6 CORNBREAD, EARL AND military. Hennessee admits that this 9:30 a.m. slot, followed by Sandy collaborating with Curtom Records' ME /SOUNDTRACK Blackbyrds, Fantasy F 9483 48 THE BRECKER BROTHERS kind of community involvement is Mack 9:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m. Right- boss Curtis Mayfield for his sound- 59 13 necessary when dealing with an area track of the upcoming Warner Bros. Arista Al 4037 eous Randy has the 10:30 a.m. -12 36 3 COME GET TO THIS film "Sparkle." Nancy Wilson, Capitol ST 11386 which houses military bases. He p.m. program, and he returns under 60 54 17 JUST ANOTHER WAY TO adds. "we cannot afford not to have * * * SAY I LOVE YOU the name Brother Michaux with a 40 2 ITS MY PLEASURE this tr Barry White, 20th Century T-466 audience." gospel show 12 p.m. -1 p.m. Remember ... we're in communi- Billy Preston, AN SP 4532 This is a reason why the playlist Righteous Randy comes back 1 cations, so let's communicate.

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"It's the rise, the fall and subsequent climb of GRT that really makes the company what it is today. We've learned a lot in 10 years." So says Alan Bayley, president of GRT Corp. and founder of the company that went from one of "darlings of the business world" in the middle '60s to a state of financial nightmare in the late '60s and, today, has not only climbed back to the top of the prerecorded music tape field but is successfully probing into other musical areas. As the man who has been involved in the running of the cor- poration since 1965, nobody is more qualified than Bayley to tell the history of GRT. "I was a privately employed marketing and management Q consultant in 1964, doing a job for a tape recorder company," c- says Bayley. In the course of that particular job, I found out ó about the impending release of 8 -track players in Ford cars 43 and about RCA's and Motorola's commitments. I decided it d would be a hell of a market to get involved in, not so much from the equipment standpoint, but from the tape end. -c "So," he continues, when my consulting work was fin-

ished in March of 1965 I set about forming GRT. The only ma- jor company doing the same thing at the time was Ampex, so

P- the first thing I did was go out and hire a couple of Ampex 2 guys. On July 2 we were incorporated." á The first labels the firm made deals with were Atlantic and `n ABC, though Bayley says that "there were a number of people in the licensing game in those days, such as Ampex, ITCC, Muntz and others in Omaha, Los Angeles and Chicago. Right- fully, the record labels took the position of licensing anyone for a modest advance, non -exclusively for a very short period of time to find out who performed." Bayley says that GRT "marketed tapes from the beginning, GRT Corp.'s current board (from left), Alan Bayley, Dr. William Ayer, Bertil Nordin, Ernest de la Ossa, Vinton Carver, Leonard Ware. and I feel our contribution to the music business has really

been a marketing one. In the early phases of tape, however, I found my engineering background valuable as there were some really severe product, engineering and equipment prob- lems, especially in making 8 -track cartridges and later cas- "Meanwhile," he continues, "we had picked up some very cause there was a market for more of the company's stock, so settes." nice catalogs which were all contributing to our success. At the the banks loved it. And we were looking at a market that was GRT debuted with reel -to -reel tapes in October 1965, be- time, however, Atlantic was the key." essentially doubling every year, with an enormous demand cause "we could get them on the market the fastest. In Janu- Bayley stresses that from the inception of the company, the and a shortage of supply. It was difficult to do anything really ary 1966 of we came with 4 -track and in March of that year we plan had been to create a vertically integrated music firm. wrong in the tape market -or at least we thought it was. o released our first 8- tracks. The delays in releasing the last two GRT was in the music, not the tape business. "I still believe "We were a bit concerned in 1969," Bayley continues, cC configurations were essentially a result of technical prob- that if the labels had realized it wasn't records but the music "when the economy started to dip. B'ut we went back and lems." e on them they were selling, there would never have been a real analyzed downturns in the economy and how they affected m As for the company, "it grew very rapidly in the first year," reason for us. They did not, however, so I looked at GRT as a the music business and came to the conclusion that we were Bayley continues. "We had nominal sales our first fiscal year, music company that just happened to put its music on tape." reasonably recession proof. Besides, in 1969 all of the experts FO but they jumped to almost $2 million and went on to triple It was around the time of the public stock offering that GRT were projecting a minimal downturn. Let me give you an ex- over the next ui few years. By calendar 1968 we were quite a began moving into fields other than music tapes, fields that ample. We designed a corporate office building across the rn profitable company. Having grown so rapidly, however, we would involve the company in rather serious trouble even- street. We went to commercial banks and investment banks were stretched very thin on debt and the price of licenses was tually and which would, indirectly, provide the impetus for the regarding financing for the building. Interest rates in real es- w beginning increase. to The need for working capital was sub - major comeback that would begin in the early '70s. tate at the time were 8 percent, which both the investment stantial." "As soon as we had packed the company coffers with and the commercial banks felt were outrageous and both saw a) So, in August 1968, GRT decided to go public. "We money through public offerings," says Bayley, "and had them dropping by early 1970. So we were advised to build out < promptly became the darlings of the West Coast financial come up with a highly inflated stock, we began diversifying of working capital rather than financing it from the beginning community," smiles Bayley, "and the stock, as did the stock the company and acquiring various operations. and do a sale and leaseback deal after the building was com- of a lot of companies in those days, promptly zoomed out of "We diversified," says Bayley, "in the form of a vertical inte- pleted. sight. Since we were now marketing and manufacturing cas- gration. We went backwards into the raw materials, we had al- "By 1970, of course," says Bayley, "interest rates were settes, we were in all tape formats." ready started GRT Records (not the current country label), we more like 91/2 percent on real estate money available -and the To offer a general picture of how quickly the company was acquired Chess at the end of 1968, we entered into a joint best laid plans... " growing, Bayley points out that the stock was initially released venture with Blue Thumb Records and with Kenny Gamble Bayley also points out that "we were working in a period at $17 per share, split 4 for 1 so it was $4.25 for initial sales, and Leon Huff in a production deal (GRT controlled the mar- when there had been a steady growth in the overall economy went up to almost $30 per share "which was about 50 times keting and manufacturing of the product and split the profit for 15 years. Our stock was still selling at 50 times earnings, our earnings and we were all very rich on paper. of the disks) and we acquired Dome Distribution in New York. there was no problem selling additional stock and it simply Other activities included the acquisition of several retail seemed a question of when the best time to do it would be. stores and opening several more called Tape Decks and the Nobody doubted the good conditions would continue, includ- acquisition of a pressing plant in Nashville, which came with ing the best investment bankers in the country. So it really the Chess deal. The company moved into the manufacture of didn't look, after careful analysis, that we were extending our- its own tape through the acquisition of a firm called Magnetic selves at all." Media and opened a high technology operation in Sunnyvale GRT was overextending itself, however, and rather severely. to make videotape and high quality mastering tape. A data Bayley is the first to admit that mistakes were made, but he processing company was also among the acquisitions and feels strongly that the mistakes made during the period of also began a division to market duplicating equipment. All rapid expansion provided not only a lesson for GRT which will told, we got into a lot of activities we shouldn't have." keep the company from repeating such errors in the future Didn't Bayley or any of his advisors stop to think they might (Continued on page GRT -17) be moving too fast, in too many directions at once? "Frankly, we did," says Bayley. "But you have to recognize the environment of '68 and '69. In those days the commercial banks actively encouraged the venture capital cycle of start- Barney Quinn, John Spellman and Bayley, founders, chat 10 ing a company, building up some debt, going public, paying years ago. Original building is below and at right groundbreak- off the debt, building up some more debt, having another ing for new offices in 1969. public offering and so on. The debts were always paid off be-

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e think tape's something dif- incoming orders on virtually a And most accounts are serviced at ventures -including special TV W ferent and quite special. Al- 100% basis. Now, that's pretty least every two weeks to avoid broadcast packages and direct ways have, ever since we opened good in this crazy business. But out -of -stock problems. mail. We're looking forward for business a decade ago back in we keep on doing it, day in and eagerly to the days ahead. And 1965. And we feel this attitude day out. This kind of fill rate we'd like to have you aboard to about tape contributed heavily to permits us to have a "no back- share the view with us. For more our becoming the world's leading order" policy and so both of us detailed information not covered independent marketer of enter- are relieved from the frustration in this ad, please feel free to call tainment on tape. of cumbersome paperwork. our friendly switchboard operator. More and more recording corn - She'll make certain you speak panies in the music industry are WE GIVE YOU FAST directly to the person most qual- coming to think we're something 3. TURNAROUND ified to assist you. different and special, too. Our As the demand for a particular music and entertainment roster is artist or group surges and grows, growing larger with each passing it's vitally important to be able to day. GRT currently has exclusive respond quickly to this situation. licenses with 34 different record- It almost never takes more than We've established a strong rep- ing companies, covering the rights five working days to get our prod- utation for creating highly indi- to reproduce and market music uct. This means if you order on a vidualized and imaginative sales on tape from 70 separate record Monday, you'll see results by Fri- promotion programs -at both labels. These agreements -repre- [RT day, or sooner. We've a factory national and local levels -to fully senting the largest reservoir of full of people who take pride in support product to the end. Many MUSIC TAPES prerecorded music available to their ability to respond to the people in the music business en- GRT in its 10 -year history -are demands of the market. joy trying to second -guess what A Division of GRT Corporation directly attributable to several our fertile marketing brains will 1286 Lawrence Station Road factors. And we thought this WE DELIVER A HIGH- concoct next. Sunnyvale, Ca. 94086 might be a good time to repeat 4 . QUALITY PRODUCT (408) 734 -2910 them again for you. Our 8- tracks and cassettes are Or to put it more simply, what's WE KNOW PEOPLE fashioned from tough, stretch - so different about GRT? resistant tape 7. MAKE A DIFFERENCE with small particle We are convinced that most of oxide coatings to reduce the noise the GRT: A HARD- WORKING level. Everything has been "magic" surrounding our 1. TRADITION done successful tape handling is direct- at our manufacturing facilities to ly due to the people involved. Much of our success is due in assure a properly tensioned, un- great part to the fact that we work Our salesmen . in the field aren't binding flow of tape, and a sound just selling tape. They're busi- GRT LICENSORS AND hard. We've attained a reputation as close to the artist's original per- RECORD LABELS: as a marketing organization of nessmen. And they're expert at it. formance as is humanly possible Our people keep in close and skill, drive and resourcefulness. to achieve. ABC Records: ABC, ABC -Dot, Ever since 1965, we've done every- constant contact with our distribu- Anchor, APT, Audio Treasury, in tion channels. 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www.americanradiohistory.com cation equipment and EDP systems and consulting services. New tape manufacturing facilities were opened in New Jer- sey. A video tape development project was started in Califor- nia. GRT of Canada was established. Through the Chess ac- (or a growth company's first decade) quisition and other moves, GRT entered the market. Construction began on a new headquarters building in Sunnyvale. On top of it all, GRT went public in Au- gust, 1968, obtaining $6,400,000 in new equity capital from both public and private sources to help fund the expansion that year. By June 30, 1969, the close of the fiscal year, GRT's consoli- dated sales had climbed to $15,300,000 and earnings to $814,000. Assets, reflecting the sheer scope of the expan- sion, soared to $18,335,000, seven times the level of the pre- vious year. True, some $3,000,000 in debt had appeared on the balance sheet, but against $10,200,000 in equity the ratio looked healthy. It takes an effort of will to remember the capital markets of the late Sixties, as they were then, not as they subsequently evolved. Those were years when the dynamic growth company could borrow from the banks, lay off the debt with equity, and GRT's financial record in its first decade of corporate exist- to a profit of $88,000. Shareholders' equity was already build- borrow again to fuel expansion. In GRT's first year as a pub- ence has been dominated by four periods: dynamic growth, ing. Which brings us to FY '68. licly held company the stock did very well. It was split four -for- major setback, convalescence and complete recovery. one early in 1969 and That year sales tripled, volume climbing to $5,761,000 and that summer the split shares were In the opening period -if you leave out FY '66 -GRT's being bid at $25 a share. The PE ratio rose to 50, based on profits quadrupling on GRT's single product line of reel -to- growth by all the standard financial measurements seemed projected earnings for FY '70, which dawned as a contin- reel, 4 -track and 8 -track music tapes. But fiscal 1969 was to virtually exponential. But in the summer of 1966 when Presi- uation of FY '69 and became be the year of GRT's quantum jump. something vastly different. dent Alan Bayley made his first annual report to the small With a greatly expanded organization to digest and man- band of curious shareholders waiting for news of their invest- The first plans to take the company from a single line to a age, GRT decelerated the growth program in fiscal 1970, ment in General Recorded Tape, it looked like a modest start, multi -line organization were drawn up in fiscal 1968. Most of while allocating considerable capital to the new operations to compared to what happened later. the program was actually completed before the fiscal year was make them fully self supporting. Cash demands, in short, re- Sales, he announced, had hit $175,000 in the young com- out, and the pace was tremendous. Twelve companies were ac- mained heavy. With every promise of success in the stock pany's opening fiscal year, for an operating loss of $146,000. quired for cash, long term notes and stock during the fiscal market climate of the day, the company prepared a new pub- Within the next 12 months of fiscal 1967, however, volume year. GRT integrated forward into distribution and retail lic offering to raise $12,000,000 in early 1970. Indeed, GRT mushroomed tenfold and the first year's loss was converted stores, and backward into blank tape production, tape dupli- (Continued on page GRT -19)

GRT CORPORATION SALES & EARNINGS RECORD 1966 -1975 (In thousands except per share amounts) Nine Months Years Ended March 31, Ended 3/31 Years Ended June 30, 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 Net sales from Continuing Operations $33,064 32,772 29,658 23,242 14,106(a) 25,934(a) 14,107(a) 5,761 1,868 175 Net Income (Loss) 964 2,311 1,953 46 (11,799) 1,002 814 377 88 (146) Income (Loss) per share (b) .27 .64 .56 .01 (4.14)(a) .34(a) .28(a) .22 .07 (.12) (a) Excluding operations subsequently terminated. (b) Based on Fully Diluted or Primary Earnings per share, as applicable.

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www.americanradiohistory.com To many people, Tom Bonetti represents GRT, because for them exclusive lines. One of the first in early '68 was the probably no executive gets around the country and around Evolution In Licensing Chess line and that was followed by the King line when James the world more. Two -thirds of his time is spent on the road, in Brown was hot." Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, Canada and Europe. Most By EARL PAIGE The acquisition of Chess, the old -line Chicago label, came of this commuter activity involves acquisition of tape rights, after GRT had secured exclusive tape duplication rights and prerecorded tape division manager of Mercury in Chicago. In his prime responsibility for eight years but since January Chess was subsequently moved from Chicago to New York 1964 he joined GRT as marketing manager, becoming vice 1975, when he assumed responsibility for GRT's record shortly after founder Leonard Chess' death. During all this president and general manager of GRT Music Tapes in 1969 operations, an ever increasing percentage of his time has time, tape was doubling in growth every year. and division president in 1971. In January 1975 he was made been devoted to the restructure of Chess /Janus and GRT GRT's executive vice president. Interestingly, though Chess /Janus is a competitor of other Records. independent labels this has never influenced licensing When Bonetti joined GRT, there were about 100 people His background suits him well to the tasks negotiations. "I don't recall in over 100 negotiations of it ever difficult of in the company and all but 15 were involved in interfacing with artists, labels, being a factor." producers and the myriad manufacturing. It was a time when there were five companies people involved in contract negotiations. Bonetti started out licensing tape rights from recording companies for A tape duplicator/ marketer offers added exposure that the in the Francisco San area in record distribution in 1958. In manufacturing and marketing in America and some cases in disk company could not afford or otherwise obtain. And the 1962 he joined Mercury Records as Western regional guaranteed income from a tape duplicating license pact as Canada. Almost all licensed on a non -exclusive basis. When I manager, later becoming national sales manager and joined the company every license we had was non -exclusive. opposed to carrying inventory, tape receivables and overhead "Today we have only one or two lines that are non -exclusive, expenses becomes increasingly attractive. that have been with us for some time, but they represent far "Most companies we deal with do from $1 million to $5 -6 million, although less than 1 percent of our business. some, such as ABC and Arista, obviously do Tom Bonetti, executive vice president, goes over contracts The business also changed to exclusive licensing with the much more than this. Talking about principally the with royalties administrator Bjorg Norstraum. company that was the best in opening up new areas of independent company as opposed to the vertical label with its marketing and exposure growing rapidly. Five other tape own manufacturing and branch distribution, the independent licensing companies went out of the business. label is typically a specialist in acquiring new product and promoting it, both in terms of getting it played on the air and "As for reasons why we're successful, I would say that we a first of all developed a marketing organization, even when we creating general excitement for the product. had reps before we went to salesmen. We're bright, "Usually, they are not specialists in the area of experienced music merchants. We opened up many new merchandising to the retailer and that's where GRT becomes avenues for the distribution of prerecorded music and offered a tremendous asset to these companies." Coupled closely with is in the record companies a tremendous sales force advantage. this the whole marketing thrust GRT offers terms of "Therefore, a lot of them opted to do business with us over display, advertising, point of purchase, retail contests, and the years on an exclusive basis. In the long run, this kept us in packaging. business and put our competitors out. Evolution of licensing negotiations has resulted in virtually "Another factor is that over the years a lot of companies got all GRT pacts being constructed much like a disk contract with in trouble over bidding wars (to obtain licensing rights) with an act or a production company. "A one -year agreement with various labels. Obviously, we were in there at a certain point options to continue." but we didn't have an ego problem in not picking up a line. As As for a change in tape royalties, Bonetti notes that a result, we didn't get saddled with millions of dollars in nowadays there is not that difference between tape and disk. unrecoupable writeoffs as happened with some of our former "Frankly, the amount of tape royalty is only different with a competitors." label that licenses as opposed to a label that duplicates its In backgrounding the growth of GRT and how non -exclusive own. It's difficult for a record company to justify a different licensing developed, Bonetti notes that GRT was an unknown royalty rate (for tape vis a vis disk). a entity. "We weren't located in New York City or a major "Where record company licenses the tape rights, there is entertainment center, so we had to develop a reputation. The usually a clause that the production company or the artist reputation was built in the field with our distributors. They gets a percentage of what they (disk label) receives. The liked the way we did business, the way we serviced them. They percentage is negotiable, more than often it's half, split liked the delivery. They liked the fact that when we said 50 / 50." something it came true. This was very refreshing in terms of Another area of similarity between tape license contracts how the other tape companies treated them and even how and artist -label contracts is that the tape licensing agreement they were treated by many independent labels, where it was anticipates returns, costs of packaging and distress load 'em up and forget 'em until the next phone call. merchandise and deals with them much in the same way an "Steadily, we were able to knock off some lines on an artist's contract does. exclusive basis and this helped our distributors by providing (Continued on page GRT -Il)

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When White Sonner arrived at GRT five years ago, he knew little about the music business, as he is the first to admit. But, having come from Heublein, Sonner did know the liq- uor business. And he learned to apply certain basic marketing . .R.,.,---- principles of the liquor and other consumer fields to the world 1_3 9P of music. -= I Sonner previously was with other "blue chip" marketers: k Procter & Gamble, Bristol -Myers and Johnson & Johnson. As the years have gone by, Sonner, of course, has learned the music business. But he still believes strongly that it is a business that and despite its uniqueness, decisions must be Busy activity ii the 8- made on a studied and objective basis as often as possible. track assembly area at "There was one thing I noticed immediately that the liquor right where one shift business and the music business had in common," says Son - can produce 36,000 al- ner. "Both deal with a fractionalized market within a mass bums is translated into market. pleased look by K. "There is no real mass market," he continues. "There may White Sonner, presi- be a mass market for a certain kind of liquor, just as there dent, GRT Music may be a mass market for a certain type of music. But within Tapes. each category is a brand (of liquor) or certain artist con- sumers prefer. You've got to deal with fractions within the mass, not the whole. "Distribution is another key similarity I learned existed be- "We weren't running scared, but it was a matter of consoli- What are some of the policies GRT and Sonner adhere to, tween the liquor and music industries," he adds. "You've got dating and maximizing what we were doing well and not jump- and how does he make them work? to have strong distribution networks in both fields. You have ing head long into new ventures. In 1972 we felt strong "There is nothing to prohibit a major label from handling to have strong relationships with the distributor, promote with enough to really start stepping out and believed that as a com- tape on its own and it is obviously something we have to con- him and through him and enjoy his cooperation. pany we could orient our people toward getting to know the cern ourselves with constantly," says Sonner. "On the other "And in both businesses we find the relative unimportance ultimate consumer. And we feel that is the real key. The first hand," he adds, "we feel that it is a better proposition to let of advertising. Certainly ads serve a purpose, but there is a step toward that goal was getting to know the sales manager us, as a specialist, handle their product for them. The old limit to how well works a advertising to convince consumer to at the distributor level, then the retailer. I know that doesn't cliche that there is no such thing as a hit tape is right in a way. buy your hit product. The music business, of course, has air- sound like much, but it was." Hits come from record airplay. But if you are a label in what is play, concerts that, today, are more critical." Sonner has a number of definite ideas on the music busi- essentially a gambling business anyway and we offer a guar- Sonner strongly feels the music business lacks a strong ness (and he is emphatic that GRT is in the music business). antee, those are sure dollars whether your business goes up consumer orientation, a feeling that has been reinforced over "We marketed more tape last year than Ampex," he says, or down. That alone is a very strong motivation for signing a the past half decade. The expression I really dislike," he "which was the first time we had passed them. But one of the tape license. What we are telling somebody is that they can says, "is 'put it out.' lt implies that we can put something on a things that happened to us during that hell we went through make more money for the label from tape sales than they can shelf and then we should just wait and hope and pray and see five years back was a lot of forced learning. We all had to learn by performing a function themselves. What that really means, what happens. Distribution is important, but I want to see dis- very fast and we had to get things accomplished while we were Sonner emphasizes, "is that the money is made for both of us tribution backed with some kind of selling program. learning. I remember calling on a distributor once, who hap- when we exceed the guarantee. That's why it is so important "Advertising plays a part, here," Sonner says. "lt is good pened to be our second largest at the time, who said he to take a businesslike approach to all of this. business for us, the distributor and retailer to advertise hit wanted 120 days billing or else. What do you do in a case like "When we look at a license deal, we look at the sales pic- product-tell people where to buy and what price. Another that? We always had a reputation of being straight but fair, ture," he continues. "If it's a producer starting his own label way is through merchandising programs," he continues. people who wouldn't play games. We told him, 'No.' I think or an established label, we can look up their track record and "This really works for catalog and our budget line." that kind of fair play kept us going. You really can't play we do. We do this every time a license is up for renewal and Sonner sees the 1971 -72 period as a major turning point. games in any kind of business and last too long." (Continued on page GRT -21)

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www.americanradiohistory.com Music Industry Growth Tied To Tape "The major growth area in the music industry over the last is in inflated dollars and it's apparent that the record industry sons that come to mind immediately," answers Hershfield. decade has been in the area of tape, both 8 -track and cas- was doing a good job of selling records in 1966 and about the "Obviously, the more we work catalog the more profitable it is sette, and now quadraphonic," so states Herbert B. Hersh- same now, but along came tape and created a whole new mar- to us. Second, it fulfills our responsibility to the labels we rep- field, vice president of marketing, GRT Corp. ket for our music ... the portable market: automobile, port- resent and helps our relationship on the whole. Third, and Drawing on twenty years' experience in the tape industry, able cassette and 8 -track players, etc. perhaps most important, the consumer is better served." going back to the early days of openreel, Hershfield further "Tape has grown ten fold in eight years and personally I "The record industry almost abandoned catalog (at least believes a very small percentage of tape sales are made at the think the record companies should tip their hats to the inde- until the recent upsurge in budget catalog product) and it's expense of records. "Tape has expanded the usage and con- pendent tape duplicators who invested heavily, at times with not necessarily their fault. If you go to a racked account, he is sumption of recorded music and had tape not come on the tremendous financial risk, to develop the tape market for the screaming 'turn turn turn.' So, you put in 400 pieces of four scene, industry growth would have been substantially less," entire industry to share in ... tape is added income to every- different numbers and spread another 100 pieces around. he states. one ... the writers, the artists, the producers, the publishers, The consumer hasn't had the chance to see any catalog prod- "Let's look at the facts. In 1966 music industry sales at re- the retailers, the distributors, and on and on." uct, so how is he going to buy it? tail were $1,020,000,000 with tape representing "In the early days," says Hershfield, "all we had to sell was "Now," continues Hershfield, "the real wealth in catalog is $61,000,000. Eight years later total industry figures were at catalog and this deceived us somewhat. We thought we were in all kinds of music. Go into any traditional record store and $2,184,000,000 with tape representing $654,000,000. What doing a great job selling catalog. Now we've come to the recog- watch the people browse. It's just like a book store. Browsing this means to us at GRT is that while the industry has doubled nition that we have another profit opportunity. We now re- in a record store is entertainment. You can see more inter- over the last eight years, if we extract tape sales, the growth is lease as much new product from a label as we can and we sup- esting items in less square footage than in any other retail op- reduced to 50 %. Add to this the fact that much of the growth port it aggressively. But catalog must also be given support eration, unless you're fascinated by greeting cards and because when you come down to it, who the hell can't sell hits? deodorant." Really, the best way we can be of value to the labels we are Despite the fact that GRT is indeed in the music business, working with is to work the catalog." there are still obvious differences in marketing a tape as op- Why is catalog so important? "There are three major rea- posed to a disk, and Hershfield explained some of these dif- ferences. "The basic difference," he says, "is in distribution, not in marketing. We can probably count on the fingers of one hand the people in this country who distribute tape and don't carry practically everyone's tape product. That's a major differ- Close coordination ence. Looking at that, it means every distributor in the coun- keys production. From try except for factory branches is a potential customer for our left (circle) John product. Jones, district sales "We represent the catalogs of some 50 record companies manager; Paul Davis, and although these catalogs represent a terrific marketing op- district sales manager; portunity by the sheer weight of numbers, there are many Bob Rice, promotion problems as well. We have to make sure new artists are not manager; Les Silver, overshadowed by superstars and we have to balance our re- Western division sales leases to insure that all product receives equal attention. It manager. Insert at may not sound difficult, but when you're releasing over one right (from left) Jay Al- hundred titles a month, it's a bear. And remember, we're not brent, national ac- only releasing 8- tracks, but we have to make decisions on counts manager and whether to release or not release in other formats. Tom Benjamin, district "Probably the basic difference in marketing practices," sales manager. says Hershfield, "is that we have little promotional responsi- bility as far as breaking an act. To be sure, we're interested and give help wherever possible, but we feel our major obliga- tion is to get the tapes to market at the same time as the record so that they can be jointly displayed and promoted. Si- multaneous releases with the record companies is always our goal and in most cases we accomplish the goal. I feel it's re- (Continued on page GRT -22)

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salesman calls on an account and the two come up with a clas- company have also been successful, for, as Woodman says, sical promotion idea, there is a bank of display material ready. "There are so many benefits derived from spending a week The dealer doesn't have to wait forever to begin his promo- with your customers. You do business during the trip, but the tion. effect of the visiting lasts throughout the year. It adds a per- "There is an economic factor involved in this kind of ap- sonal touch in a business that no longer has a lot of that qual- proach as well," says Woodman. "You can produce 4,000 ity. And it also gives you a flexibility in moving field people posters and these posters can easily cost a dollar each by the around. I can take someone from Atlanta and bring him to time printing, color separation and so is forth completed. But, Los Angeles and he knows the people he has to deal with. I can in our 'Mood' series, for example, we've kept the look generic, walk into any account in the country and know the people on a we've run the posters off three or four times now and the cost first -name basis. It's no longer just a voice on the phone type is down to about a dime each." of thing. Besides," he smiles, "our accounts receivable are in Woodman is a great believer in the survey as a tool for find- the best shape of the year after one of these trips." ing out what the retailer wants. "We've conducted a number Woodman says the company was not sending out point -of- of them," he says, "and we are in constant touch with 400 to purchase material "three years ago because three years ago 500 independent retailers around the country. All we ask is the advertising emphasis was directed more at the media 'What can we do for you ?' and almost to a man, they say they (Continued on page GRT -I5) want display material. "Now," Woodman continues, "every major is producing display material, so why aren't retailers getting the Max Anderson, field sales manager, broadcast marketing (left Herb Hershfield, vice president marketing, Susan Trone, sec- material? For one thing, display items often end up sitting in insert) and Carl Mindling, market research analyst. Below retary, marketing and advertising promotion, Jack Woodman, the distributor's warehouse, really through no fault of the dis- (from left) Ron Steele, re- national sales manager (all from left) confer over statistics. tributor. He's got enough to worry about without handing out gional sales manager, Bruce posters and the like. Or if you talk to a major rackjobber or Reiman, Eastern division one -stop about promotional pieces he's going to say that's sales manager, John Craft, Jack Woodman is the former advertising and sales promo- great, but all of the stores I deal with have store decoration regional sales manager. tion manager of GRT. Then -and now as the new national policies and there's no wall space anyway! sales manager, he is the man who spends a great deal of his "So, the only way we've found to really make sure the dealer time making direct contact with music retailers- something gets display material is to get it to him directly. Let me give you he feels many manufacturers have forgotton how to do but an example. We made up a few thousand Barry Manilow T- which is an extremely important part of the music business. shirts recently and we wanted certain accounts to have one of It is also part of Woodman's philosophy that point- of -pur- their clerks wear the shirts for a few days. But how do we get chase material should be designed to last, that a promotion them the shirts? We can't give them to our salesmen because should almost be a catalog promotion. He feels that there is they live on planes and there's no way they can be expected to as much room for creativity in promotion as there is in the ac- haul T- shirts around the country. We really can't send them to tual recorded product. And he is a firm believer in talking to the distributor because everyone there is going to grab a shirt. the retailer rather than coming up with a quick brainchild and And understandably so. Every time a batch of shirts comes in shoving it down the dealer's throat. here everyone grabs for one. So I took our list and mailed the "We are most definitely trying to become more retail ori- shirts directly to the retail stores. I received letters of apprecia- ented," says Woodman, "and by offering the retailer point -of- tion, letters saying the size was wrong, all kinds of letters. But purchase aids on a direct basis, as well as ad mats, advice on at least we had the people taking an interest. The reaction was radio spots and so on, we can come up with what almost positive and that's the real point." amounts to a catalog promotion." Woodman says that other generic promotions, such as an "For instance," Woodman continues, "we have posters advertising planner (now in its third edition) which did noth- that say the 'Mood Is' or 'Rock Is.' A poster like this can be ing more than explain some of the rudiments of advertising, used for 10 years as opposed to the kind of poster than shows and a radio planning guide which was another basic primer, a photo of the artist and splashes the name of the current were also well received. "The object was to get people more product across the front. That kind of display obso- becomes interested in selling music," says Woodman, "and I believe we lete as soon as the next album is released. We feel that we succeeded." have to look for multi -purpose point -of- purchase material. If a The various trip promotions and contests staged by the

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Statistics may appear a rather dry topic, but handled prop- standard LP browser bin or a step -down display," says Ms. erly, they can provide a profit making tool for any company McShane. "We have several dealers in various parts of the and can offer some interesting food for thought as well. country trying out this system, with some stores showing all of GRT's Biruta McShane deals in statistics and surveys, work- their tapes in this manner. This is not a GRT promotion per ing with retailers, record labels and the industry in general - se -it is a means to try and help the tape industry on the and her work tells the firm not only where they stand in the industry but where they are likely to go as a result of particular deals and /or projects. "We have made great use of the survey as a business tool," she says, pointing to a retail study conducted a year ago. We mailed some 500 questionnaires to try and discover just what the average free -standing music retailer wanted, and from a 65 percent response we got some interesting answers. "For instance," she continues, "we discovered that most retailers felt they were not receiving the promotional aid they should be getting -from anyone. They welcomed a manufac- turer finally coming and asking what they thought and what wanted, gripe was lack of pur- they and their first the of point How busy the as- chase material. semblers at right we went into mate- So an aggressive campaign to send such are depends on the rial We directly to the retailer. know there are some 15,000 statistics and anal- music specialty stores in the United States, and these are the ysis Biruta Mc- people we are addressing our campaign to initially. At the Shane gathers. same time we are not ignoring the large discount and depart- ment store whose display requirements are unique. We also found in this survey," she adds, "that only half of whole. What we can accomplish with such a display is being factors that influence sales into account, and comes up with a the people who contacted us carried budget tape product and able to place 300 8 -track cartridges in the space that is allo- forecast of what we believe we will do on an initial release. We only half carried cutouts. These facts provided us with a good cated for 400 LPs. But the real test is just how much the tape check the promotional plans a label is planning on a new act, base from which to market our classical line and other budget penetration will increase. There are other benefits. A con- when there is obviously no track record to base our decisions merchandise." sumer who looks at one tape automatically looks at three oth- upon. And there are other factors in deciding how much tape It was because of a number of such surveys that GRT de- ers, so this becomes an ideal way to display catalog along with to run off. A tour can play just as important a role in tape sales cided to aim directly at the retailers. But if this is such an im- an artist's current hit package. as it can in LP sales. The sales don't come in one big batch, portant and obvious step, why weren't such surveys and pro- "The preliminary conclusion," she continues, is that this but they do follow the trail of the tour. Take the recent Melissa grams instigated during the past? type of display is likely to work for the full line record and tape Manchester tour as an example. In each city she worked, tape "I guess we always depended totally on distributors," says store only." sales jumped. Ms. McShane. "Then Jack Woodman came in and was sharp How does GRT apply statistics to its dealings with record la- "The number of records pressed can also influence how enough to see that distributors have enough problems of their bels? many tapes we will run off," she continues. "For instance, on own and that we should try and help the retailer ourselves. "You've got to understand that we release some 45 pieces an LP with an initial pressing of 20,000, 10 percent is the logi- "We found that if a manufacturer took the time to supply of product a month," says Ms. McShane, "which is more than cal amount to expect in tape sales. The reason? On a new art- such simple items as posters, window streamers, mobiles and most record labels. What we have to do is check with all of our ist, it is unlikely the racks will initially stock the LP and thus other material, a dealer was pleased. We also found that most labels to see what kind of LP sales they are anticipating so we will not be right on the tape." retailers will always utilize a poster display whenever they are can plan our tape release accordingly. Initially we may see What about catalog sales? "In country and western," says offered a new one. They apparently receive creative material only a 15 percent tape penetration, but it will go up. If we hap- Ms. McShane, "we may go up to 50 percent of LP sales within so infrequently that it almost becomes a major occasion." pen to underestimate initial success we can run off the two months of release. It is not just on the initial release of a GRT, like most other tape manufacturers and marketers, amount necessary to compensate almost immediately. tape that the label really benefits. It is later on, in the long has continually fought the battle of the locked display case. "One way we decide on how much tape to release on a given term. Take the LP '' from Rufus. It was a huge sell- Last June the firm decided to do something about the situ- piece of product is to go back and see how we did on prior re- ing LP, but in the last quarter we sold tape on a 65 percent ation, and the results are expected shortly. leases from that artist," continues Ms. McShane. But we do ratio to album sales. On 'Three Dog Night Around The World,' "We have a tray that holds four 8 -track tapes and fits into a more than that. We have a committee that meets, takes all the (Continued on page GRT -21), CON GRAT TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU U LAT IS A TRIP! IONS

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www.americanradiohistory.com L) Merchandising Innovation Chess /Janus Direction Continued from page GR7' -12 Restructered, Moved To Los Angeles "Our main objective is to break artists," says new general college radio music directors in the country. We hired Dick one than in- store. Now we are at least dressing a store up a bit and manager, Ed DeJoy. "The days of Chess /Janus being prima- year ago to cover the Northeast area for our company. He has adding a little excitement." rily a singles label is past. It's far too time consuming and ex- done an excellent job of building relations with both radio & It's all very well and good that Woodman is sending material pensive to break a single record by an artist. The public for- distributor personnel in his area. directly to his accounts, but how does he know material is that gets the moment the record leaves the charts." CHUCK REICHENBACH -for the past six months Chuck going to get up on the wall? "I became bound and deter- Chess /Janus is looking to maintain and develop a roster of has been in charge of our college department. Due to his out- mined," he says, "that when I ran off 5,000 posters I was go- artists that will be able to grow with their audience over a pe- standing performance in this area he has been promoted to ing to get them up. We require our salesman make far more to riod of time. Southern California promotion director. retail calls than they once did. And we make sure they always Ed DeJoy is a man who knows his records well. Beginning as RON BROOKS -the newest member to join our company, have something to give the dealer, be it a ruler or some other a local promotion man for Schwartz Brothers in Washington, Ron began his career in Cleveland as a local promotion man. minor item. There is another point. It's not all GRT. If one of D.C., he moved to A &M Records in Los Angeles where he insti- He moved up the ladder when he became regional album di- our people spots a way a retailer can move an item better, or tuted secondary market promotion on a national level. rector for Capitol Records. Ron's knowledge of music as well display a poster in a stronger way, be it ours or someone "The basis for establishing our artists will depend greatly as the promotion of artists is a welcome addition to our corn - else's, he's likely to tell that dealer. on our ability to promote them properly. Every key positon at pany. "It's tough to generate store traffic," says Woodman. "It our company is held by someone who at one time was actually JON TIVEN- former contributing editor of Circus / Rave and costs a lot of money just to get one customer into a store, and involved in record promotion." columnist for Kal Rudman's Friday Morning Quarterback. Jon I don't feel that GRT's money should be spent on trying to The Chess /Janus Staff: is now our national publicity director. His energy will be di- drive people into a store. Hopefully, a consumer is excited ALLAN MASON- coming off the streets of Berkeley Univer- rected toward establishing the communication lines we need enough about the music industry to come into a store on his ó sity, Mason helped establish artists such as Cat Stevens, Free with the trade publications and reviewers. iò own. Or, in a mall situation, I would hope that all the mer- and Carole King. While national FM promotion manager at TANGEE MILES -began her career at Liberty Records ten chants are getting together and working on ways of bringing m A &M Records and moving to Chess /Janus just two short years ago. Due to her extensive record experience has been people in. It's once a consumer gets into a store that I feel my years ago as national FM director, Mason was largely respon- named office manager for the Los Angeles office. real job of trying to sell him begins." sible for bringing to the attention of the public Al Stewart, Chess /Janus distributes two labels nationally -Barnaby Does all of the GRT promotion work make the name more Camel, Seventh Wave and Caravan to name a few. Mason has Records, owned by singer Andy Williams, and BTM Records, c familiar to the general public, or, for that matter, to the aver- recently been promoted to our vice -president of a &r. owned jointly by British Talent Management and Chess/ age retail clerk? HOWARD SILVERS -a veteran of many years in the record Janus Records. Q "I doubt it," says Woodman. The big benefit in our retail industry. Howard began as a local promotion man in Balti- DeJoy comments, "In the past year and one half we have 0 push is our catalog and our chance to show how we can mer- more /Washington area. Soon after, he was moved to Mercury sold over four and a half million records with the Barnaby art- - chandise it. A salesman may walk into a store where the man- Records as national sales manager, then joined Chess /Janus ists. We are very proud of the success and look forward to ager has never seen a GRT catalog and show it to him. And I as national sales manager six years ago. Howard has recently many years of association. think that manager is likely to say, 'Gee, I didn't know all of relocated to Sunnyvale where he will work closely with the GRT "BTM records is a new label with artists in the contempo- that stuff was still available.' Or, he may say, 'I've wanted to tape sales force to effectivlely merchandise and promote our rary field. We have already had one chart album with Curved do a gospel promotion for some time and I see you guys have new artists. Air's 'Live' and the newest BTM album -Caravan's 'Cunning the merchandise I need to do it.' So we go to our distributor JOHN ANTOON -began as a local sales & promotion man Stunts' is about to hit the charts also. and set up the promotion. Country and easy listening are also for Liberty Records in 1964. He spent several years as na- "We intend to make Chess /Janus records an important fantastic catalog areas. Or a line like the Mystic Moods. tional promotion director for both Liberty and Mercury Rec- part of the continued growth of GRT Corporation." "There is a very important point in promotion that is too of- ords. He joined Chess /Janus in March of this year and was ten overlooked," adds Woodman. "If we do everything we're recently promoted to national director of promotion. supposed to on a promotion, such as providing the material STEVE BEGOR -began his career at Southland Distributing and displays on time, and it bombs, it's usually not held in Atlanta as their tape buyer. Three years ago he moved into Credits against us and should not be considered an outright failure. the promotion department at the distributor; one year ago Special issues editor, Earl Paige. Editorial coordination, K. We can clean that merchandise out and go right back to tak- Steve joined Chess /Janus Records as our Southeast regional White Sonner, GRT. Principally written by Bob Kirsch, review ing care of business. You can fail and still be a hero. You can't promotion director. and country music West editor. Copy editing, Dave Dexter. blow it nine times in a row and expect to be welcomed back MICHAEL PLUMMER -joined Chess /Janus 18 months ago Chess/Janus coordination, Jim Fishel, campus editor. Cana- with open arms, but one disaster will not ruin us or our image. as our college promotion director. Due to the outstanding job dian story, Marty Melhuish. All photos are GRT's. Sales direc- "Another term that irks me is sell- which seems to done for our company he was promoted to West Coast album through, tion, Bill Moran. Account executive, Joe Fleischman. Produc- be the magic word in goods. director six months ago. Michael continues to be an important promotional And it's probably the tion, John Halbran. most ludicrous term I know. Say we put 20,000 tapes in a part of our growth. (Continued on page GRT -22) -came to our attention as one of the finest

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Combining a bullish a &r policy within the Canadian music lumbia and Laurel Record Distributors handle the GRT cata- industry and an intelligent, yet often adventurous outlook in log in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. the development of those artists on their roster, as well as a Reynolds, who moved to Canada from GRT's American solid representation for the many international labels that operation in 1969 to head up the newly established Canadian they distribute in Canada, GRT of Canada Ltd. has estab- subsidiary, has been the guiding light in the company's devel- lished itself as one of the most vibrant and active of the major opment in the Canadian market over the last six years. It was labels in this country. his foresight that led to GRT's first ventures into the acquisi- Directed by President Ross Reynolds, the company has tion of a number of Canada's top artists and over the years, seen remarkable growth since its beginnings in 1969 as a their roster has taken on the appearance of a who's -who of tape manufacturing and distributing Canadian branch oper- Canadian talent. ation. In those days, 100 percent of GRT's product was dis- From the 1970 release of a Ronnie Hawkins' disk, the la- tributed by independent distributors across Canada. At this bel's first Canadian signing, Reynolds, along with Jeff Burns, point, the company sells directly to close to 80 percent of the GRT's national a &r and promotion manager in Canada, have market. GRT's independence in the Canadian market took constantly and, in most cases, successfully gambled on Cana- another big step forward recently with the opening of a dian talent to the extent that the company won Juno Awards branch operation in Calgary headed by Bryan Tucker, who as "Canadian Content Company Of the Year" in 1971 and came to GRT from their former distributors in that area, Tay- 1973 before that category was discontinued. Ross Reynolds, president of GRT Canada, Jeff Burns, national lor, Pearson and Carson. They have built a domestic talent roster that is impressive promotion and a &r manager and Jim Corbett, national mar- Emerson Sales Ltd. still handles GRT product in British Co- on (Continued page GRT -23) keting manager (all from left). GRT's Growing Nashville Operation One of the newer members of the GRT family is GRT Rec- GRT is involved with Chess in several publishing companies, sold as a hit record), and handled country material for some ords, headquartered on the heart of Music Row on Nashville's including Heavy Music and Andromeda, with Heard reporting half a dozen labels. Sixteenth Avenue South and sporting one of the more suc- to Tom Bonetti, GRT's executive vice -president. "I guess I've done a lot more phone work here than ever be- cessful track records in country music today. I "We are a closely knit corporation, the most closely knit I fore," he laughs, "though do manage to get out on the road The label was started in March of 1974," explains Dick have ever been involved in," says Heard. "As far as our being several times a year. But we also receive good strong support Heard, the man in charge. "I was in charge of Metromedia involved in country, everybody seems to take a direçt interest from the Chess promotion team." country when GRT acquired the operation, and I've stayed on. in us. The executives know the artists and they know their rec- Heard says his main goal is to establish all artists on the la- From Metromedia came some of our most successful artists ords, which is a bit unusual in itself. bel firmly before any expansion, and plans to sign pop artists here, including Mel Street, Bobby G. Rice and Price Mitchell. are still in the future -though not discounted. "What I do "We decided to call the record label GRT (not to be con- "Our five -artist roster is just about right for now," Heard want to do," Heard emphasizes, "is maintain a steady bal- continues, "and I don't think I would want more than eight or fused with GRT of Canada or the earlier GRT label), based on ance more or less 10 unless we had a huge field staff. We can have a lot of per- between traditional country and what some the good, solid reputation the parent firm enjoys with sta- people are calling the newer sound or modern country. Price We in sonal contact with the artists now, and I like things that way." tions, rackjobbers and one -stops. remained the same Mitchell, for example, is into some country rock. office, we kept all of the old Metromedia masters and we re- The label cuts its artists at various Nashville studios, but "Country is such a fragmented market now," says Heard, vised the artist roster somewhat." Heard says some 90 percent of the work is done at Woodland you release. But you Besides Street, Rice and Mitchell, the current roster in- Studios. All pressing is handled at the local GRT plant, which "that you've got to diversify on what cludes Jerri Kelly and Earl Conley. The label also handles was acquired when the parent corporation purchased Chess. must cut honest country records. If you try to cross over that's when you country promotion for Barnaby, which boasts Ray Stevens as It would seem difficult to find a man more qualified than get into trouble. But we are confident that we will have a one of its superstars. Heard to handle GRT. He was a songwriter who wrote such cross -over hit eventually." Heard feels it is the smartest move at the moment to keep hits as "Kentucky Rain" and "Tears & Roses" (the latter for The label has already enjoyed several such hits through the label a small one. He has a basic staff of three, with Nel- Al Martino), as well as the rock hit "Abagail Beecher" for their promotion of Ray Stevens on Barnaby. "What we want to son Larkin handling a good deal of the production and a &r for Freddy Cannon. He was involved in April /Blackwood Publish- do with our artists," says Heard, "is broaden the base of their the label. ing, got into production by accident (a demo he had done was careers without changing the artist."

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www.americanradiohistory.com We owned half of Precision Tapes in England and we sold that "The only thing that went wrong with these fine plans," The Climb To The Top half to our partner, Pye, in exchange for their half of Janus Bayley says now, "is that within six months of the acquisition, Records, which we were also in partnership with them on. So, four key members of the Chess management team died or be- Continued from page GRT -2 we now had 100 percent of Janus, a pure music company. We came so ill they had to leave, and eight months after the ac- closed down the manufacturing portion of the company we quisition Leonard died. So we had to spend all our time bring- had in we from the ing in new people rather than the company. We could and will provide it with growth guidelines, but can also offer opened Canada and extricated ourselves building & plot of death in October of guidelines for most businesses. Blue Thumb and Gamble Huff joint ventures. the fortunes Chess from Leonard's Bayley, a hard look at our- 1969, because the started move downhill in No- The first sign of poor times to come carne in early 1970," "In effect," says "we took good company to selves we were really a music company. We vember. Now, it was literally impossible for anyone to fill Leon- Bayley says, "when most of the merchandise we sold for the and decided didn't we did shoes, we felt given a of years, we could 1969 Christmas season began coming back via returns. Next; belong in all of these other operations because simply ard's but that couple a convert the company to a where such a move would be the distributors and retailers began getting into rather serious not possess the knowledge to do good job in them." point was at point? There was, of possible. financial difficulties themselves. Interest rates were ex- What left of GRT Corp. this course, Division. There was GRT of Canada "At the time," Bayley continues, "we simply had no al- tremely high, a lot of distributors and reta lers were being but to put somebody in charge and kicked out of the commercial banks and rates at secondary which licensed product but did not do its own manufacturing. ternative immediately Records Records were merged to have him restructure the firm. The first person we tried was financing sources were in the 15 to 17 percent range. Chess and Janus Chess/ The plant in Nashville was still a factor and good, but things just did not work out. Now, if you remember, "What then happened is that music tape sales leveled off Janus. pressing the Sunnyvale facilities were left fairly intact. I had negotiated for the second half of Janus in 1971. I did rather than tripling every year as they had been. That in itself is a however, unload- to get Mary Schlachter, who was of Janus. He didn't present any major problem to the overall corporation There more to comeback, than simply that president How does Bayley look at the road had done well with the label during the period when we had because we continued to be profitable in music tapes. We had ing unprofitable operations. half ownership with Pye and total responsibility for manage- not overextended ourselves in licensing agreements. What back now? 1969," says Bayley, ABC -ITT ment. So, because of this responsibility, I couldn't pull Mary really hurt us was that all the other operations we had become "In late 1968 and early "the merger had been and terms of the negotia- out and put him in charge of Chess. But when we got all of involved in began to come apart. We were making money in aborted under the ABC had borrowed a amount of money from we merged it with Chess and put Mary in charge, music and losing our shirts in the rest. We built up about $10 tions, substantial Janus and IT ABC had a pay back the monies borrowed, and the venture improved." million worth of debt which was supposed to be paid off via &T. year to we went ABC with a cash for a long -term So, was taken of. What the another public offering in the spring or early summer of 1970. to substantial offer Chess care about diversification license is in But when the public offering was aborted because there was license, which would be non -exclusive until the Ampex GRT involved currently? How does the firm expect to pre- in vent no stock market, we were in serious trouble. We were sitting expired 1973. the same problems that caused the temporary downfall "What we also did," Bayley continues, "was keep Music in the late '60s from reoccuring? with this debt and a number of peripheral operations that a This gave us least some sem- says, we've continued to drain cash. So, in the latter part of 1970 we be- Tapes profitable division. at "We've diversified," Bayley "but diversified You gan to try and plug up the holes." blance of credibility, even during the darkest days. see, within the music business. This has been a horizontal diver- we a GRT had now reached its low point, and from 1970 on the we never actually lost any money in music tapes, always sification in terms of product rather than vertical move, like we main- venture into raw materials. I trend has been upward and positive. It is the return to the paid our royalties, throughout the entire period our backwards But before get "darling" posture -only this time with some basic strength to tained a strong marketing organization that was selling tape into that, let me go over another one of the key decisions we back up that posture, that Bayley enjoys going into great de- and generating royalties even though the parent corporation all played a part in that helped us on the road to recovery. was sick. And there was also the rapidity with which we recov- That's the MGM deal. tail on. For, as trying a part of his life as it was -"gruesome" is We whole apart and put it "In the spring of 1971, intensive negotiations the word he uses to sum it up -he looks back and finds the ered. basically took the organization after that recovery period one of the most challenging and ultimately re- back together in nine months, and by June of 1971 we were lasted some 10 days beginning in Los Angeles, moving to New York warding periods for both himself and GRT. profitable again." and involving phone calls to Africa where some of the The resurgence of is another part of the GRT MGM heads were on safari, we entered into a licensing agree- "First, I released some of my staff in 1970. I brought in label. White Sonner to head marketing for music tapes. In early comeback. ment with the Now, at the time they had the Osmonds (they still do) who were huge, several other top pop artists and 1971 I hired Bert Nordin to head up finance. Herb Hershfield "Chess was in a negative cash flow position in 1970," Bay- a great country roster. The deal was a strong to had left in early '70 to form his own company but we con- ley reflects, "which is one reason we had to go into a crash di- contributor vinced him to come back. We strengthened our financial de- vesture program. We had no time to solve the problems at the bailing the corporation out of trouble, because these profits partment. And we started shedding some of those peripheral time; we just had to get rid of them because the negative cash helped sustain us while we were shucking off various and sun - dry divisions." operations. flow was so severe. I mean the cash flow of the entire corpora- There was also a brief period when Bayley stepped down as "From late 1970 to the summer of 1971," Bayley contin- tion, but Chess was certainly a major contributor to this. Let president and ues, "we either closed down or sold the duplicating plant we me back up for a minute. We had acquired Chess in January Bert Nordin assumed that title. had acquired in New Jersey (thus consolidating all of the du- of 1969, and I had tremendous personal and professional re- "1972 was a period of further recovery," says Bayley, "and plicating in Sunnyvale). We liquidated Dome Distributing. We spect for Leonard Chess. He wanted to withdraw from the mu- substantially increased profits. We were simply building up sold Magnetic Media. We closed down our four retail stores sic business and devote more time to his radio stations, but as solid licensing deals and keeping away from businesses we and we sold the data processing company as well as the video- part of our deal he was to stay on board for two years to build did not belong in. However, we were still saddled with a fairly tape company. We closed up our capital equipment division. up the management of Chess. (Continued on page GRT -18

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As an example, programs in education, industry and business GRT Custom is believe in a cassette of this type. The cassette housing is we will call if a master is not up to what we think the client will moving into. critical. There's definitely a shaving of oxide from the expect. And every single day when we ship product we call up Travis, 29, single and once sure he wanted to get into the stationary posts. Without the mylar sheet there's a problem in and tell the customer the shipping details." ministry, is also a well -travelled GRT executive because he is kind of a coning effect, of course, that usually comes with There are other significant differences. For example, responsible for sales out of the Nashville disk pressing longer programs. There is the theory that some of these type publishing differs from that in the pop field. In many cases, operation, GRT Sunnyvale and GRT New York. cassettes can be used for programs that might only be used GRT would be negotiating licenses directly with the publisher, This adds to the diversity and complexity of the custom once or twice and then thrown away. who may be a religious group. "Logistically, there may be division, now representing one out of every four pieces GRT One dramatic change in custom is that at GRT it is no longer more disadvantages in religious music, but in terms of the produces. The division divides its tape at 60 production a stepchild. "GRT is now taking a different attitude toward bottom line it is promising. Perhaps the volume wouldn't be percent music, 30 percent non -music and 10 percent blank custom and that's due to the support of upper management there, but the profit margin is desirable." tape. and on down through. The market is unlimited, GRT's Travis is modest his religious And though GRT custom is getting involved with giant about own feelings. But he reputation in it is excellent, and now GRT's view is more long- says, "I identify. That's probably the best way put it. corporations such as Standard Oil, its philosophy is one of to term in regard to custom duplication. identify with the people in the religious field. It's a personal never underplaying the importance of a small order. As the "I must add, though, that this is not a one -man thing and the fact that the people are very easy to deal with." headline in a custom ad reads: "We think small orders situation. Many of his close in have deserve great service, too." One of the keys are good people and one such vital person is contacts the field been inspiring, Cheryl Hutchinson. She really takes care of many As a matter of fact, it is in working with companies of the such as Jimmy Swaggart. "Jimmy Swaggart epitomizes not duplicating small quantities that is the growing edge of details of dealing with accounts. She started out eight years only the growth of the religious market, but also good business custom expansion. ago in production, then went into production control and now practice." is our customer service supervisor." In terms of custom duplication price trends, Travis sees a Record pressing is another growing element. GRT Record plateauing off. "Right now, among the majors, there is not too Pressing in Nashville is an operation, though far removed from much of a difference. The smaller duplicators are trying to Sunnyvale, is handled in terms of external sales by Travis. He survive, playing games and bringing down their prices as low says he suffers not from the distance because the Nashville as possible, in order to just absorb overhead for the plant is on computer and tied to GRT's Sunnyvale Singer moment -forget profits. A small, hungry duplicator, will cut as computer. In terms of clients, Travis points out Atlantic is the much as 20, 25 percent." largest. Of course, a major client is in- house -Chess /Janus. Travis believes that large runs will become a common Most of the other labels are religious, not so coincidentally aspect of duplicating and says large runs derive from the perhaps. Religious and country. switch in business, industry and education from disk to Travis says the pressing is so superior that in many cases cassette. "Recent studies show that schools' hardware is producers want it stipulated in negotiations that the more in cassette than records. production be done at GRT Record Pressing. The Nashville operation, headed up by Larry Jones in production, has been completely reorganized during the past year with all new production controls and quality control procedures. Jones reports directly to Alan Bayley and Travis to White Sonner. Just as in overall GRT is looking not only to Dave Travis, division manager, expansion, expand Nashville's pressing plant but also into the possible custom products (left in cirde) installation of pressing plants in California and in the East. and Jim Levy, manager direct marketing. Immediate right The Nashville pressing operation has been expanding at the rate of 25 percent a year. (from left) Charles Adams, dis- trict sales manager, Andy Cook, Just recently, GRT set up for tape duplication in the East, in product coordinator, Joe Manhattan. The plant, a joint operation, has a capacity of Schneider, product manager. around 40,000 -50,000 tapes a day, 8 -track and cassette.

tivities, marketing several packages on TV under the GRT before. And we feel it is good music. In fact, we have turned The Climb To The Top name. We are also involved in a line of budget classical tapes down labels because we didn't feel we could do a good job with that we feel is strong. We've also come up with some new tech- their product. You have to watch more than money when you Continued from page GRT-I 7 nics for compatible stereo and quad tapes. What we have got sign a deal, and that's something we have learned. You've got

to do, and what I feel we are doing, is combine marketing and to be sure you can help that label, and that the label is willing substantial debt which was basically in default as a result of technological skills. We are far more than a duplicator and we to work with and support us. The Arista, Private Stock and the terms of the original loan agreements. It became appar- should take advantage of these skills." Buddah deals are examples of this kind of thing." ent that if the company were to continue its strong growth The expansion Bayley mentions certainly falls into the GRT has long been a trendsetter in tape marketing, and the pattern, the debt would have to be restructured. We just could realm of music in one way or another, though he emphasizes company is now moving into extensive programs dealing not live in the position of being in permanent default on our that there will "also be some very cautious expansion moves directly with retailers and distributors (discussed at length loan agreements. outside the music business where we have similar types of later in this section) that few labells and probably no tape "Since I had been president of GRT in the period when we products and problems and compatible business thinking. If firms have been involved with previously. The retailer is all im- ran into our serious problems," Bayley smiles, "the creditors you really analyze what we are doing in this business, it's mak- portant to GRT, and Bayley explains the origins of this pos- had, shall we say, less than supreme confidence in my judg- ing hard business decisions based on very subjective eval- ture. ment and ability and wanted to see someone else making the uations. This is not foreign to us and we understand it. We "Around 1970," he says, "we realized we were not really basic decisions. I was getting a bit tired myself at the time, have developed techniques for quantifying highly subjective doing any tape marketing. We were following the labels and having gone through two years of hell. So I proposed that decisions and for monitoring and controlling these decisions. we were not doing anything to enhance what the record com- Bert, my financial vice president, become president and I The point is, if we make an error in judgment now, we will not pany brought to the act. We were simply selling tape. This is a far less move up to chairman of the board and take active get into the kind of trouble we did a number of years back and one of the main reasons I looked specifically for a professional role in the company. In exchange for myself stepping out and we will know the best possible avenues for correcting errors. marketing man and hired White Sonner, who demonstrated moving Bert in, the debt was restructured and the company "We've got to realize, also," Bayley says, "that we are in a quite a flexibility in going from Procter & Gamble the liquor refinanced. So he became president in 1973 and he contin- business where product has an extremely high obsolescence business to the music business." ued the GRT recovery process. This was kind of the last act in rate and a business where huge amounts of new product are Bayley also stresses that GRT has recognized over the past the recovery and restructuring of the company. introduced consistently. Bowing 75 to 100 new products a several years the need to deal with a highly fragmented and "After a year, however, Bert decided he wanted to move month is something totally foreign and probably terrifying to segmented market rather than a mass market, and as a result back to Atlanta. He had told me when he was first hired that most companies, and learning how to handle something like of this has developed a skill in that area. "We were really inca- he wanted to go back there some day and get into the real es- this is a unique business capability. What I'm getting at is the pable during the period of the late'60s of bringing out budget tate business, and that's exactly what he did. But I was quite basis for any expansion outside of music. If you can analyze lines, classical lines, entering broadcast music and going into surprised that he would give up the presidency to do so. As for what it is we do and the unique capabilities involved, then we other specialized areas. We did it anyway, but we fell flat on me, I had my handicap down to eight and found that that was can find other businesses that require essentially the same our faces. We just could not follow through on things. If some- not a suitable objective in life. I was well rested, having worked capabilities and really bring something meaningful to those thing was a big hit we could sell a hell of a lot of tapes. If it was only three days a week or so for a year and I felt like running businesses. That is the kind of expansion we will be looking at a moderate hit, we couldn't sell any." the show again. and for-doing things on a very selective basis and one at a So, GRT has learned how to market all kinds of product over "But back to the future. We realize that further expansion time. And we will not pile one potential mistake on top of an- the past several years, and has made a special effort to per- must come from within the realms of music. You see, we've other as we did in the late '60s. fect the catalog business. got to be able to look back and understand what happened to "You see," Bayley continues, "in the late '60s we made sev- GRT today is the most successful of the tape duplicator/ us and be able to grasp that our various catastrophes really eral mistakes but didn't have the time to realize we'd made marketers. It is, in fact, the only one, since the demise of Am- had nothing to do with Music Tapes and that the division re- them before we had made two or three more. The end result pex from the business. Yet it is not only by default that it is mained reasonably healthy while everything else was some- was that all of a sudden we had to try and cure half a dozen currently on top. It is through hard work, a terrible internal what less than thriving. What we have to concern ourselves mistakes at once rather than correct an error and go on to the crisis and the ability to rebound from that crisis. The company with now is any rapid expansion away from the music busi- next project." has entered the areas Bayley discusses, showing some suc- ness. And we've got to retain a tight control over what expan- GRT has refined itself in other areas as well. "There has cess in the areas of broadcast marketing, custom duplicating, sion moves we make. We cannot build up a substantial been much more selectivity in licensing in the past four years direct mail and other fields -with promise of greater success amount of debt and we've got to keep in mind that there are and the days of running around with open checkbooks to get in the future. Perhaps the most important step for the firm three important financial reports. In the '60s the only impor- licenses has stopped. And this has permitted us to make deals has been the realization that it is in the music business-not tant one was profit and loss. Now we've got the balance sheet which are reasonable. What we have to offer now is a tape simply the tape business. and the cash flow to go with this. marketing operation that is second to none which can take a In a speech given in 1973, Bayley advised businessmen to "As for the direct future," says Bayley, "it is our intention label's product and market more of that product and do it bet- constantly evaluate and upgrade management, keep the in- to expand within the music business in as many facets as we ter than the label can. We can do it because it's our specialty. formation system timely and responsive, be sure of your fi- can afford and /or when we see a reasonable opportunity to And the important thing is not how many labels we have (we nancing ahead of time and -demonstrating a sense of humor make a profit. For example, we are now going into the direct used to have 50 and it's probably around 70 now); it's how he still possesses -"If you have an investment in a company mail business on a full scale effort (we have been involved for many viable artists we have to work with and in what areas. that has just been elected stock of the year (as GRT was in a year or so in direct mail already) and we are in broadcast ac- We are covering a broader spectrum of music than we ever did 1969). -sell."

www.americanradiohistory.com company convalesced. FY '73 proved another good year for committed to a major expansion program requiring lots of much GRT's Financial History music tapes. Phonograph records, which had been a loss op- cash, unless its creditors refuse to worry about how eration, swung into the black. Cash flow improved appre- debt it's taking on. It can be a dangerously exposed position, Continued from page GRT -4 ciably, permitting an impressive easing of the debt load. By one which more or less describes GRT's situation in 1970. But the close of fiscal 1973, GRT's sales had moved back up to not in 1975. And that is not to brush aside on -going financial disappear entirely. The Cali- was voted "Stock of the year" for 1970 by the financial $29,700,000, on which the company earned $1,953,000, its problems, which never seem to record com- analysts of the West. Had the issue gone forward, the develop- best year so far. Equity was looking much better. Working cap- fornia sales tax imposed on royalties GRT pays use music is a case in point. By the end ments of the next several months might have taken a much ital turned marginally positive. panies for the of their GRT, which is protest- less calamitous course. For reasons beyond GRT's control, the One of the most significant developments of GRT's recov- of fiscal 1975, the assessment against music industry in California, offering was not ready to go until the summer of 1970. By ery period from the financial standpoint was the refinancing ing energetically along with the litigation. then it was too late. Market support had evaporated. agreement reached with the company's two major creditors, amounted to $1,500,000. It could go into extensive of faced by the corn - Sales, meantime, roared ahead, doubling again in fiscal and Source Capital, Inc. in August, 1973, Yet in the context of the time troubles And GRT's 1970 to $31,100,000 reflecting the company as it was struc- midway in fiscal 1974. By that time the debt level had been pany five years ago it doesn't look unmanageable. tured at the time. Earnings surpassed $1,000,000. But there reduced by company cash payments to $7,500,000, part of stock is back on NASDAQ. it has been said, is sur- were ominous signs of pending trouble. In the final quarter which was still short term bank debt and a current liability. The long term test of a corporation, and its equity - the company lost $80,000. To meet cash requirements, GRT The agreement replaced the short term debt with term vival. GRT, its debt back down to $2,700,000 through its first increased its debt position substantially. Working capital loans, exchanged $1,750,000 of debt owned Source Capital debt ratio back up to 2 to 1, has not only come as the shrank from $3,500,000 to $440,000. for equity in the form of convertible preferred stock and war- decade a much stronger company. It has survived marketer of It was not the best financial platform in the world from rants, and provided the company a revolving credit line of country's leading independent producer and prerecorded music, the business it pioneered back in FY '66. which to confront a nonexistent equity market, tight money $2,500,000. GRT's working capital position was immediately and a growing recession. Even the music tape business, strengthened. The term debt was placed on an amortization GRT's big mainstay, was slowing down as distributors and re- timetable, with the final payment due June 30, 1977. tailers began living off their inventories. To obtain working With its financial structure now in good shape, GRT went on capital, the company went deeper into debt through a private to finish FY '74 with an all -time sales record (even counting In Licensing placement. Accounts receivable mounted. By the fall of 1970, discontinued operations) of $32,772,000 and net income of Evolution GRT was losing $500,000 a month. Drastic action was re- $2,310,000 or 64 cents a share, the highest earnings Continued from page GR T-6 quired, and taken. achieved by the company. GRT was able to inform its share- Many things were done. The payroll, for example, was cut in holders that as of March 31, 1974, it again had a healthy cur- "We're in the U.S. selling to the mass market and by and half. But the strategic judgment was to return GRT to its origi- rent ratio and that their equity in the company once again ex- large what is applicable to the disk is applicable to the tape. in nal identity, that of a music company. Operations not directly ceeded GRT's debt. Of course, GRT is not just in the U.S.; GRT's growth supportive of music were sold or inactivated in an across -the- The business cycle was to work against GRT a second time Canada has been steady, starting with a number of tape company effort to reverse the drain on cash. The financial in FY '75, the final year of the company's first decade. But as agreements which have now broadened into both tape and I in consequences of booking losses from discontinued oper- a result of the course followed since the big loss of FY '71, GRT disk pacts. Now would say 90 percent of our business from record /tape pacts as opposed to tape ations, extraordinary charges, additional reserves and write - was far better braced to roll with the economic punch than it Canada comes offs were stupendous. Changing the fiscal year to March 31, was five years before. Despite the earlier acclaim of the West only licenses." a America, works GRT reported a net loss to its shareholders for the nine Coast financial analysts, however, the price of GRT's stock fell Canada, because it is similar market to to build a base in months of $11,800,000 or $4.14 a share. Debt had mounted so low that for more than a year it disappeared from the daily well in GRT's plans because it has chosen to $14,500,000, and current liabilities exceeded current as- NASDAQ quotations, there was little chance of raising equity the U.S. rather than to venture into areas where it cannot sets by $2,000,000. capital to meet company needs. But with its strong balance depend on the sophistication built up in America. But the surgery worked. Its benefits, in fact, have strongly sheet and solid cash position it didn't have to. Also, though GRT is involved in a variety of music types, it's continued. While losses were recorded through the spring Sales moved up slightly this past fiscal year to main thrust is the bread and butter rackjobber main stream quarter of fiscal 1972, GRT was again profitable by July. Sales $33,064,000. But earnings were penalized by a large loss in product. In other words, the mass market. is new also picked up. For FY '72 as a whole, due to the greatly im- the phonograph record division and to a lesser extent by the At the same time, however, GRT looking into areas proved second half, GRT produced marginal net earnings of startup cost of a new direct mail operation. As a consequence, such as video tape duplicating. "In fact, we've had some $46,000, and was on the road to recovery. Once again the fi- net income declined to $964,000 or 27 cents a share. In the forays into the manufacturing of video tape. nancial analysts of the West were impressed. Noting the turn- last few weeks, the company has curtailed and restructured With regard to new areas, broadcast music is a relatively around, they elected GRT runner -up in their "Stock of the the phonograph record division to place it on a break -even or new area for us. It's also an opportunity. Companies that were Year" poll for 1972. But within the company there were plenty even moderately profitable basis. Music Tapes again did very red hot two or three years ago have kind of faded out. And we of financial scars. Debt still exceeded $14,000,000 equity had well in profit contribution, and GRT of Canada is now solidly in intend to apply the same logic and expertise that we applied nearly disappeared and interest costs were running the black. to the prerecorded tape business. That there were five really bigger us when we got into it didn't $1,000,000 a year. The combination of a recession and little or no access to the companies than am. 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www.americanradiohistory.com Speed and Control Key to GRT's Service As operations manager, Chuck Duncan feels that part of duction control system has enabled us to control inventory work very close with Peninsula Air Delivery (picking up freight) GRT's growth and success has been the internal compatibility size, accuracy and overall effectiveness. Our raw materials and Burlington Northern (freight forwarder). We obtain per- of our system designed for one purpose- service to the cus- EOQ levels are adjusted to meet different seasonal demands sonalized service from these people." In fact, over the years tomer. From receipt of an order into our customer service de- with an eye toward economics and prevention of stock -outs GRT feels that the claim factor has been reduced significantly partment until the product arrives at our customer's shipping and production interruptions. One of the criteria that is used with immediate follow-up on problems. The delivery of prod- dock is usually less than four days with only two of these days for vendor selection is their ability to respond to our needs on uct to most cities has been overnight. being in -house at GRT. "We have actually turned orders short notice." Looking into the future, Chuck Duncan says, "GRT has come around overnight to the East Coast on a priority basis," Dun- a long way, most of which has been accomplished by systems GRT's shipping and production control departments have a being compatible. Of course, you can't overlook the great co- can says. daily order status report that tells them the status of each or- operation and coordination between marketing and oper- "The in -house system works like Duncan adds. "Upon der, missing line items, necessary line items needed to fill this," ations which has greatly accelerated our ability to get things receipt of the order at customer service, the order is speeded 100%, and date order was received in-house. This report elim- done quickly. When your turnaround time is within two days, to data processing then to shipping. Our inventory, control, inated dead time looking for product that isn't in stock. This your order fill rate is 98% + and the loss factor almost nil, it production control and invoicing are all computerized. This report also gives the P.C. department a list of line items by pri- becomes extremely hard to improve upon these figures. But, helps expedite the flow of paper and information, as well as ority needed to fill orders. operations will continue being aggressive and forward think- reduce the probability of error to a bare minimum." Ike Cundiff (retired chief petty officer) is in charge of GRT's ing in an effort to reach the 100% mark." Duncan adds, "GRT "From an operations viewpoint, we have reduced our in- traffic department (incidentally, he runs a very "tight ship "). Music Tapes is the only business I know of where 99.9% is not house time by over 50% within the last three years. Our pro- Ike feels that the freight system is unique in the industry. "We good enough." Automation With The Human Factor

Even though as a production manager Jerry Hutchinson is respect, lengths greater than 50 minutes GRT will exercise. previous week's demand, a B 30 percent and a C 10 percent. charged with responsibilities that include making as much "Anything 49 minutes and down we will not exercise because "Now that's prior -week demand, not shipments, from use of automation as possible, he is extremely conscious of we've gained pretty good controls of the winding tension and distributors." There can be items that were backordered or the human factor in manufacturing. Perhaps this is a spirit assembly procedures where we can guarantee about 1 -ounce cancelled. that characterizes GRT in an overall sense. of tension." Steady sophistication of computer usage now has resulted Hutchinson, with the company seven years and during Another exception is twin- packs, which do get the exercise in a system where instead of estimating 20 albums from a which he married key custom products supervisor Cheryl procedure. pancake the figure can be specific and is shown on the Hutchinson, points out that already tremendous automation Tolerances are critical and even variations in shell (or tape computer sheet opposite the piece of product. Some growth has occured and yet never has an employee been holders) contour as little as 17/ 1000ths of an inch can be pancakes are 16 albums long and others are 24. laid off. It has been a process of attrition due to natural detected, for example, in the process where the label is The month to date shipments, month to departure. printed directly on the cassette. readout provides date production and month to date returns. "We also have an Going back to 1969, over 200 direct laborers produced Of course, all this is tied to productivity pressure. The exponential smoothing formula as the computer reads across 18,000- 20,000 pieces a day with two shifts. Now, 65 produce manufacturing department must have a contingency plan these demands. It's a weighted average. It tells us very 38,000 -40,000 a day with one shift. and uses computer readouts to anticipate fluctuations in rapidily not to build product when it is dropping. As sales Other innovations include what Hutchinson calls "job orders. To illustrate how surges can be accommodated, in swing up, it tells you quite rapidly to turn your building on. enrichment," i.e., combining several of the robot -like February 1974 the production was 721,000 units and in the And it tells you the amount you should build above present assembly tasks so that an employee rotates among them to following month 1,050,000. "There have been times we have inventory to cover a two weeks' supply." guard against monotony. almost doubled capacity in three weeks' time to meet This consciousness of the human factor becomes more and objectives." Every Monday, the entire catalog is printed out and more critical as automation looms along with electronic Integration of key departments is another way of preparing Hutchinson knows everything about every item. Then during miniaturization. for the steady expansion. For example, the art department the next four days, any item that has activity prints out. It is a Hutchinson, like several in the engineering at GRT, sees the now reports to Hutchinson. system of exception. "If nothing's happening with an item, it time perhaps not too far off when a recording may be no Yet another aspect of production controls is the disposition won't print it." larger than a postage -stamp size electronic chip. Hopefully, of returned goods. There are three categories: scrap, obsolete Hutchinson sees his department's challenge as including he wishes for a more orderly transition that has occured goods, that goes to distress /cutout marketers, and finished how to stay current with the state of the art. "Every historically when going from one configuration to another. In goods, the latter being items that are still active in the catalog. company's faced with the problems of economics today. How one respect, the GRT classical 8 -track series has as its bases With about 22 percent of all shipped goods coming back in do we keep raising the quality and getting the cost down? the philosophy of compatibility in that these cartridges can returns, the biggest part is in perfect condition. Several steps Learn to build faster and cheaper, and not affect the quality. move back and forth from a stereo to a quad deck. The GRT in all departments are being taken to thwart overages of Automatic assembly, this is something every tape series, in fact, presented some problems because of massive returns. The causes are over promotion of an item, initial manufacturer is pursuing wholeheartedly." lengths involved, but Hutchinson's department's checks and forecast inaccuracy and manufacturing over production. The Looking way beyond, again to the tiny chip of prerecorded tests are capable of providing guidelines. latter happens very seldom. music, Hutchinson feels this will present a packaging An on -going part of manufacturing at GRT is watching A dramatic step is the computer categorizing of items into challenge. "There's got to be a way to make it attractive to the closely all areas of component parts and raw tape. In this A, B, C groups. An A is an item that was 60 percent of the consumer. Everything will change." The Fast Pace In Technology

GRT Corp. spans an evolutionary and revolutionary period "At high speeds, you run into the problem of the surface of speed of the medium, either. They're into a frequency domain in developing tape duplicating technology and close to this is the tape interfacing with the air and as it moves the tape at which heads don't work properly. So you have two things engineering manager Stewart Smith. Early in its history, GRT grabs air molecules -there is also static electricity and free against you (in going to higher video speed), you have developed its own duplicating machinery and for a long period electron knock -off occuring at the same time -and it develops frequency and velocity. They've reached the technical limits, marketed this high technology hardware. an air film between the tape and the head. There are lots of certainly economically speaking." Central to the philosophy Smith espouses is the deep - potential problems. Of course, video duplication has the possibility of seated desire to always look for better ways to duplicate, and "When I joined GRT in 1967, some problems basic to tape multiplication not via speed but via add -on slaves. You can not necessarily faster ways. Actually, technology is intricately duplication were evident. In almost all other industries where have 100 slaves, meaning theoretically, that in one hour you woven into what GRT has in mind as a total manufacturing copies are made, they're made via a process of stamping from can mass produce 100 hour -length copies. But then Smith position. In other words, productivity is the bottom line. If this a mechanical master image. notes, you are into the area of not knowing if each slave is means more is better and faster is more then Smith and "In the tape industry, we re- record every copy. Now your producing uniformly. "This is the sneaky problem with re- Chuck Duncan and the whole crew in engineering and first thought as a technical man when you come to work for a recording: if you have 10 slaves, does each slave make exactly production will get cracking. But in the meantime, Smith is company publishing in that fashion, is -is this the way to do the same kind of copy? studying all sorts of approaches, even printing as a process, it? Can't we print the music from a master tape onto the copy "You can run faster with audio and perhaps it's easier to do rather than copying as has been the historical method in tape tape? And of course you can. Work has been done for years this than to develop new, fundamental processes." duplication. And of course, GRT is not limited to tape because along that line. I have done work here at GRT and we have Smith points out that rarely does a manufacturer make its perfected in the lab quite acceptable means for duplicating it is growing in disk manufacturing too. existing manufacturing systems obsolete. Rather it will GRT is still basically 16:1 but has two 32:1 lines, one for 8- without re- recording. gradually add on. "So if there is seen a need to add another track and one for cassette. It is Smith's philosophy that many "The concept utilizes a master recording on tape, which is system and if manufacturing believes a 64:1 system is new (and this usually high energy, meaning it's stronger magnetized material than factors go into decisions about adding needed it could be added with no problem. means faster) duplicating equipment. For instance, he has a normal piece of tape or harder to erase. And you record the "When I came here I set up an engineering group and seen the work going on with the horizontal loop bin and a master with a negative image, meaning the tracks are all a line of duplicating equipment, winders and speed of 480 Ips, or twice the loop speed GRT has with its 32:1 reversed. Then you bring it into contact with an ordinary piece developed devices to improve our ability to produce better quality lines. As for speed alone, he says, "It's not obviously a this is of tape, face to face, intimate contact. Then you transfer it product, and particularly to test incoming materials. good and that is bad situation. It depends on how many units with a transfer field. This is all available technology. So you you run of a number. There's so many factors that go into transfer from the stronger tape to the weaker tape, which "Ultimately, we set up a complete duplicating machine whether speed of duplication is the critical thing that's costing becomes the consumer copy. manufacturing wing and eventually sold enough to sustain you money -you have to actually compute these factors. "There are a number of video copiers using this technique this as a complete operation. We got out of that in the late "If you have valid reasons for wanting to double your that are now on the market. Now I don't mean to disparage '70s and '71, because of our own needs, and also, the sale of duplicating speed (say to 64:1) it's technically feasible. It has development that is going on in high speed duplication, but I duplicating machinery at that time in the face of extensive been feasible for years." feel in the long run, we should come up with more usable bootlegging made it highly questionable as to whether we But among the considerations for increasing speed of printing technology than we have right now, rather than just were doing a service to our own company by continuing. It's duplication is the problem of handling tape, and Smith points run to super speeds." almost impossible to tell who's legitimate and who's not when out that there are problems at both ends of the scale -slow As for why video has gone the printing route, and audio has you're selling equipment." and fast. "Like 15/ 160ths of an inch per second, for not, it's because the speed at which you can run video is Much of the equipment GRT uses today was built by GRT. geophysical recordings of mild earth tremors with tapes that already as high as the technology permits, just in making the GRT also developed its own plastics and other support would run for a week to two weeks. The frequencies are very original recording. "They can't make a video copy twice as material. low and the tape speed can be very low. But there are fast as real time because that puts them in a frequency The thrust is still toward new and better ways of problems. You have 'sticktion.' When the tape moves that domain that's outside the capability of the tape machine. accomplishing its manufacturing requirements. Smith will slowly across the head, it wants to stick to it and then it will "But we (audio) can go so fast that we get up into the video intends to apply any advance in technology that further jump. range. Video is going 1,500 ips, roughly. And it's not just the that objective.

www.americanradiohistory.com the LP are included. To me, liner notes are part of the added the mail now, but soon we'll be testing the retail market with A Fractionalized Market value principle of marketing. I feel strongly that meaningful, the packages. We will be two -stepping, going from distributor interesting liner notes can provide knowledge and add enjoy- to retailer. But we will be selective and careful and we will from page GRT -8 Continued ment to the product. One of the drawbacks in tape is that you make money in this business. cannot add liner notes very easily. You can't print them on the "We will also start to make money in direct mail," Sonner this is a very key part of the way we work. In a sense it's no back of the tape. But you can include a small leaflet. We have continues, "because we will go in more carefully and selec- different from a record company, except that they examine an done things like offering an opera libretto with a coupon, but tively once more by letting an experienced man like Jim Levy artist or producer and we examine the whole label. And they, that's not the same as having your information the day you handle the project and by taking our time. in turn, examine us." get your music. Granted, our notes are not likely to stick with "The principles we all learned five years ago," sums up Son - the product forever because it's not a physical part of the Does GRT really mean anything to anybody, except for the ner, "are the ones we still operate under today. We combined tape. But they will be read at the time. I feel they enhance the fact that it's "that company that makes the tapes ?" good judgment, controls and spirit. We acted on our problems enjoyment of music and the music is what we are selling. We "I think GRT definitely stands for something with our li- rather than simply getting rid of them. The business of music can't measure what the added cost of printing and inserting censors, our distributors," says Sonner, "and more and more is unique, fun, and challenging. Our business is music and we that piece of paper gets us, but I'd like to see it done to every I feel we are meaning something to the retailer. And, I guess, I will not stray too far from it in the future. And we will be fully tape that has a corresponding LP with meaningful liner to feel we're meaning something to the con- prepared in all we do." am beginning notes." sumer -not because we're advertising three letters that fall As for the classical tapes themselves, Sonner feels the area into the milieu of three letter companies, but because of the is "a market not currently being satisfied and we are going af- consistent use of a logotype, because of our packaging and ter that market. These tapes are not for the guy who can hear because of some of the broadcast material we're beginning to dog whistles because it's not for the total hi fi buff. But we get involved in. Excitement Of Tape have 50 titles and we feel we can hit this very special market Continued from page GRT -14 "The packaging is something I feel is very important," by adding liner notes, by using an expensive clear plastic slip- stresses Sonner. "We have a uniform package. All tapes have case, by breaking the program only once, and then merchan- the LP slick on the face (shot down from the cover, not re- dising the hell out of these advantages." which is several years old, we have almost equalled LP sales. done), the artist's name, the title and the number. But the Sonner also believes the tape customer is much closer to And on 'Steppenwolf's Greatest Hits' we have surpassed al- graphic of the LP cover is not, in our minds, primarily for dis- being a "collector" than the LP customer, and feels market- bum sales. The point I am trying to make is that we forecast play purposes. It is the equivalent of a stamp of authenticity in ing tape product with this in mind can be valuable. "I think primarily by the artist, considering the musical category, and the consumer's mind. It means you're getting exactly the this is one reason we are able to sell catalog and greatest hits the label secondary. These are all important, but the artist same thing you get on a piece of vinyl. We are in the music packages on a consistent basis," he says. "People tend to and the label's plans for that artist on a particular release are business, not just the tape business. The consumer gets the keep tape as a permanent thing. It doesn't scratch or warp the important factors." same thing but he gets it in a slightly different format." and it's harder to break than an album. So we keep this in In other surveys, GRT has discovered that six out of 10 car GRT also offers the time on each tape ( "People don't buy by mind when planning our promotions." 8 -track owners reached also own three forms of home equip- the minute but they do look," says Sonner) and will add a In the area of 4- channel, Sonner sees the market remaining ment, generally the basic turntable, tape player, speaker set. sticker pointing out a hit single or other salable aspect of the where it is until the Christmas of 1976 at the earliest, primar- Most of those purchasing TV packages own three or four tape. "If we have to reprint the graphics," says Sonner, "then ily because "the equipment market is at a standstill." forms of equipment. Thus, multiple ownership is an ex- we will. Once on a Jim Croce tape we had to redo the entire tremely important part of tape marketing, as the firm must tape. We split the song that eventually became a hit single and In other areas, GRT is moving into broadcast marketing realize that a potential customer will probably be playing we offered every distributor a chance to exchange stock. We'd with a number of packages including "Basic Black," "The Ev- product in more than one location and may therefore buy rather recall and scrap than turn out weak product." erly Brothers" and a country package. "That'sprimarily Dave more one copy of the same album. Sonner also feels the consistent blue color helps distribu- Law's baby," Sonner says, "but we all feel this can develop than tor, retailer and ultimate consumer become acquainted with into a huge market for GRT. We are in the crawling stage of "We feel GRT is unique," says Ms. McShane, "in that when GRT. And he believes listing the entire program on the front marketing now, and historically this has been a very crowded we look at a license we analyze it from the bottom up. We're all rather than the back of each tape is a distinct advantage. field. A lot of people have taken their lumps in it the past year for both us and the label making money, but we are not going "Tapes are displayed either spine forward or front up," he or so. So for us to go leaping in full speed would be to do so at -to bid foolishly. If we are working with a label that has been says. "So at least the consumer has a chance to see what he's our peril. We are being extremely cautious and approaching with someone else, we know pretty much what the inventory getting. Not only that, but the consumercan read most of the this on a make money from the start basis. This is not a will be from the previous license and what we will be up program while it's still in the machine." 'dump a lot of money in and see what happens' proposition. against for the first few months. And we like to get a general Taking an interest in packaging has also played an impor- "What we have done," he continues, "is put together just a idea of what kind of a contract the artist has. All of this helps tant role in the firm's classical tape program, an example of few packages. If it takes five years to make it work, it's okay us, along with the less personal things like going over a track the kind of program Sonner feels is long overdue in the tape and if it takes a day it's okay. We will be in 46 markets by the record. music business and which offers some special innovations of end of the summer, covering most of the country. By going "In today's market," she says, "the labels seem a lot more its own. into TV, of course, we are dealing with a mass market. So we willing to tell us what a given artist has sold. And by telling us "For one thing," he points out, "the liner notes that are on need some sort of mass market appeal. We are going through we are able to market a product with a lot more competence."

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www.americanradiohistory.com GRT's Entry Into Direct Mail We have gone through the painful process of getting into "We went in slowly," says Levy. "We acquired mailing lists tant to their success. "In other words, we make the Welk pack the direct mail business, starting with our first mailings in July by rental or exchange, from sources we felt knew the people age a biographical collection that has some quality, not just of 1974. From then until now we've been testing, reading, who were and are in the market for our kind of product. And quantity. And we include a 52 -page book." testing and proving to the point where we are now solidly on we tried to design attractive promotional packages." Levy agrees with GRT's president, Alan Bayley in the basic our feet in this business." Levy says GRT has been able to double the response on the logic of GRT entering the direct mail field. "We are essentially we in music business," So says Jim Levy, a veteran of the direct mail business at Welk package since its inception by pruning selectively from a marketing organization and are the Time -Life who arrived at GRT some 18 months ago to bring large lists and seeking the population segment which is really he says, "and this is an expansion of our marketing abilities. the firm into the business on an ongoing basis. in the market for Welk, either geographically or demograph- Obviously, we need to create new product for these new chan- nels of if we are to tap them. At the same time, we The firm launched its program with the six - record "Law- ically. distribution ways rence Welk Story" and a multi -disk set featuring Sir Lawrence "Every offer has its own market," Levy says. "You begin are expanding our knowledge of the various of getting Olivier reading selections from the Bible. with certain basic assumptions about the kinds of lists that music from the source to the consumer. This helps us in our We had our startup problems," says Levy, "partly because might be responsive. Then you go into testing and discover music tapes business because we are learning more and more of economic conditions and partly because of the political tur- which of your assumptions were correct and which were not about the music audience. The more we learn about Lawrence moil of last year. Direct mail is an impulse business and most and you discover what you have to do to get the response you Welk's audience, the better job we can do with his label. We items sold in this manner are discretionary purchases. need. It's generally a two or three -stage process before you are building direct mail on our ability to take music, package it "So," continues Levy, "anything that affects the public's get up to speed. We are now proceding with momentum, with uniquely and take it to markets it might not otherwise reach. sense of security, politically or economically, can hurt the di- history and education behind us." rect mail business. We certainly didn't know when we mailed What is a good direct mail list for Welk? "We've acquired the Bible in July that the House Committee would vote the Ar- lists from two or three publications whose prime audience is Music ticles of Impeachment on July 27. Three days afterwards, the over 40 and these have proved responsive," Levy says. Broadcast flow of mail orders stopped as if it had hit a concrete wall. But "We've used lists from certain catalog houses that market we have recovered." conservative merchandise. We've done a lot of careful analy- Positions GRT In GRT made its entry into the direct mail field by mailing indi- sis. We've just finished testing another 25 lists, and we are vidual promotional pieces on THE BIBLE and THE LAW- now in the process of refining our markets even more. We RENCE WELK STORY to appropriate mailing lists. passed through an exceptionally difficult year in which to be- New Market gin a direct mail business, but we are now making it work. We Broadcast music is the newest venture of GRT and is prob- have certain goals that, with reasonable and cautious work, ably the best example of the corporation's determination to we feel certain we can reach." expand its horizons while still remaining within the confines of Levy feels GRT's "editorial approach" to product is impor- . the business it knows best -music. The firm is currently marketing four packages via TV: "Ba- sic Black," "The Everly Brothers," "Country Music," and "The Magic Organ." "We started small, testing broadcast marketing as a new channel of distribution for GRT, in secondary markets, by pur- chasing time as well as on a per inquiry basis," says Dave Law, Close integration of Manager, broadcast marketing. "This testing period lasted all production func- approximately eight months before we felt ready to move for- tions allows for di- ward with larger efforts." versification into "Now we have internal, computerized order processing and new areas such as fulfillment systems, and plans for direct lines to handle orders direct mail under from everywhere in the country. We have also established an Jim Levy, and more in -house agency to purchase and maintain schedules. We are recently, broadcast now in the process of expanding our markets to achieve the music, under Dave potential of our current products as well as developing three new packages. Concurrently, we have been using our current ^ : " 5 Law, seen flanked by ¢ network to sell our packages through retail outlets. Q Bonnie Killian, Sec- distributor () .`....,.r retary (left) and We have planned a minimum of twelve retail promotions for m Donna Brelant, co- the remainder of Fiscal 1976, covering various markets -1 ordinator. around the country." m sic business. He has a good memory, knows how to ask for a as separate entities. We can also cross -promote labels." Growth Tied To Tape 10 percent discount and a 25 percent return and that's pretty How has promotion of tape changed? "Tape was a bastard much it. There isn't as much training as there should be, and child in the '60s," says Hershfield. "The labels created us and (Ni Continued from page GRT -I0 buying is truly an art. Now take a look at some of the salesmen as tape began to grow there seemed to be a proportionate markable in that we often receive masters and artwork hours in the business. He gets an account list, a release sheet, a growth in resentment from labels toward all tape firms. They g before a record is shipping. And remember, we ship to some copy of Billboard, and he's sent onto the streets with a pat on seemed to think we were parasitic, even though we paid for we were looney because of the < 150 distribution points while the record company may be the butt and a $150 a week draw. I don't say all salesmen re- our rights. Then they thought shipping to 30 or less distributors or branches." ceive this little training, but there should be more." bidding contests. Then tape began making money and back

Why should GRT support a tape release when the label is "Anyway," he continues, "professionalism in buying and . came the resentment. They didn't find a liking for us until obviously going to be promoting and supporting their artists selling, the two most important functions, are under- recently when they discovered that we were in fact music anyway? nourished, and we can't afford this. We don't put all our people, that we are most definitely business people and that we like to our success is not accidental. Our sales became more than "Essentially," says Hershfield, "all promotional material people through a long, formal training program, but are being trained by conditioning. If they have a just the offshoot of riding the coattails of a hit release and from a label is record oriented. We are not simply selling mu- think they weakness, we try to neutralize it. If there is a par- much of our success was obviously a result of our own efforts. sic on tape, we are selling a concept, the concept that music particular it. We only have 12 men in the Today it has evolved to a point where the labels are beginning on tape lasts longer and goes anywhere. When we come out ticular strength, we encourage want our people to be to realize that we are a valuable asset, that we are contrib- with display material we've got to pitch the music, but we've field, so they are very conspicuous. We utors and almost like partners. I feel we are on better terms also got to pitch tape. If we can convince a classical fan that good. we have managed to break down some of the ad- with our labels than ever. tape is the form his music should be in through promoting "I think has long existed between buyer and "Furthermore," says Hershfield, "we are more than simply classics heavily, then he may convert to tape, and eventually versarial relationship that has been stressed and re- duplicators. We market and we innovate. But it has not been a start buying other kinds of music as well." seller. The partnership angle spected. We let people know we don't play with price and that revolution, it's been evolution. It's been a conscious realiza- known as a Hershfield also stresses that "GRT wants to be our policies are reasonable but pretty damn firm." tion that we are in the music business, and that attitude is rec- music company, not just a music company that distributes Hershfield is also in constant touch with his distributors ognized more and more at the retail and distributor level. At

we had toward I other music companies. The first thing to do and retailers, and it is his job to help both when it comes to one time there were obvious record and tape industries. was stigma that seems to accomplishing this to overcome the GRT tape product. What would he say if a dealer called, said think all of that has changed. The consumer is buying music, head of a lot of which says, basically, rest on the distributors he knew nothing about tape but wanted to get into the mar- and that's the way it should be." We finally had to say, 'these 'stay away from our customers.' ket? are our customers as well. are not just your customers, they "First I'd call my distributor in that area and tell him to pay We are not here to usurp any of your responsibilities or oppor- a visit to that retailer. I can't tell him what his product mix we do need to know what's happening. We are tunities, but should be. The distributor has to do that after he's found out here for informational purposes so we can better primarily what kind of audience the dealer wants to attract. If a guy is Merchandising Innovation serve the retailer, the consumer and you, the distributor.' starting with only four walls, my first advice would be to make Continued from page GRT -15 "We found huge waste when we began looking around. We sure the tape is in the open where it can be seen and browsed produce enormous amounts of point of purchase materials, through, just like records. And if he says he'll be robbed blind, market, sell 15,000 and everyone says what a fantastic job was things, as we in and we discovered it being used, among other my only answer would be that I feel he'll make more money we've done-75% sell-through. But what if put 40,000 packing material by some distributors. Meanwhile, the retailer with a potentially higher pilferage rate than he would if he and sell the same 15,000? In this case we achieved a 37% sell - is screaming for this kind of thing. So, we decided to invite the locked everything up. Closed display is probably the biggest through and everybody is complaining we've run a poor pro- retailer to order directly from us -if he wanted it. The re- inhibitor to tape sales today. Anyway, I'd find out the retailer's motion. But, we've still sold 15,000 albums we wouldn't have sponse has been startling and it has not been restricted to needs, let my distributor know, let him explore further and we -sold without the promotion. Hell, I can achieve a 100% sell - stores in remote areas. It is the alert retailers who take the would take it from there. through everytime out. Put one tape in the market and go buy time to respond. And the distributors are glad to have us As for what happens when there is already a store and the it myself. Screw sell- through. I want tonnage!" help." sales force is already selling, Hershfield says "We want our Finally, Woodman and his team are now initiating a re- Hershfield says there has been a reasonable involvement people to think about what is going to happen after a sale. A search program in the never ending battle against the locked with the retailer since 1968. But it was not the active kind of warehouse full of tape doesn't help us or our distributors or case display. "We are going to pick six retailers, indemnify role," says Hershfield, "where we said to ourselves, 'let's go labels one damn bit. Get it into the store however possible. We them against loss if they will put our product in the open, and learn something about retail.' We began to realize that we had want our people to run self -generated promotions, we want see how profit goes up in comparison to pilferage," says to generate this feeling in our sales organization. We have to them to know what is happening with a particular LP and then Woodman. "I think the profit will go up far faster and higher make sure our sales force is superior to others, and it is. Mod- get out and work that tape in a like manner. The one big ex- than the pilferage rate, and we will hopefully have some am- esty only prevents me from saying how much better. We've al- ception is in catalog product, where we may be promoting munition to get all tape product out in the open." located time to each member of our sales team so he can something totally different than the label. On current product Whatever happens, Jack Woodman will continue to sell, spend as much time as possible with each account." it is unlikely we will sell product if the record label isn't pro- promote, display, generate new ideas and try to add some ex- "In most businesses, the two most important elements are moting it. On catalog product we can sell it. We do try and citement to a business too many people seem to accept as buying and selling. Now, take a look at some buyers in the mu- work with the labels on all programs, but they usually end up nothing more than a business.

www.americanradiohistory.com lease agreement for Love artists was negotiated with GRT of Canada Steady Growth Canada. GRT licenses Love product for manufacturing and Continued from page GRT-16 distribution and pays Love royalties on sales. GRT picks up all productions costs. The artists remained Love Productions art- to say the least and have played a big part in building the ca- ists and will be released on that company's Daffodil Records reers of such artists as Lighthouse, Ian Thomas, Moe Koff- label. A three -year publishing administration deal was also ar- man, Dan Hill, James Leroy, Tony Kosinec, Dr. Music, Bever- ranged whereby GRT became the administrator for the entire ley Glen- Copeland, Aarons and Ackley, Shooter, Adam Mit- Love publishing catalog. Frank Davies subsequently joined chel, Downchild Blues Band and others. Through various buy - GRT in an executive capacity as administrator of the publish- and -sell arrangements made with some of Canada's top inde- ing for all GRT and Love product. pendent labels, they also now represent such artists as Gary Reynolds is more than happy with this arrangement. "With and Dave, Jay Telfer and Thundermug on Greg Hambleton's Frank Davies international background in the music industry Axe Records; Vicki Allen and Pendleton Brown on Ralph Mur- and with his contacts and unique perspective on the business, phy's Hardcore Records; and A Foot In Coldwater, Klaatu, I feel that we will see a significant increase in the activity of our Cochrane and Dillinger on Frank Davies' Daffodil Records la- publishing division over the next year." bel. GRT also distributes Dave Coutt's Smile Records in Can- At the beginning of this year, concerned with the exclusivity ada. of service that GRT was getting from its distributors in West- As well as their heavy involvement in domestic talent, GRT ern Canada, the company set aside a monthly promotional also distributes a number of international labels in this coun- budget for those distributors to be used to promote GRT prod- try including20th Century, Barnaby, Chess /Janus, Bruns- uct and artists. The budget is apart from the two percent ad- wick, Bang, Delite, Passport and most recently, added the vertising allowance that comes out of sales. Jeff Burns ex- Charisma label to that list. In all, the company distributes over plains, "When you are dealing with distributors, you are not 20 international labels in Canada. going to get the same type of service you might get if you were A major area of growth for the company in the last few years dealing with your own branch." has been in the international distribution of GRT -generated As an offshoot of the revitalized system, GRT's distributors product. Label and sub -publishing deals have been estab- began servicing the media in each market with product. For- lished in Germany, the Benelux countries, South Africa, Aus- merly all promotion copies of product had been sent directly. tralia, New Zealand, Brazil, England, Italy and Japan. Besides GRT of Canada's day -to -day involvement in their Late last year, GRT of Canada's growth necessitated a move own corporate growth, they have also ventured into particular to new offices at 3816 Victoria Park Ave., in Toronto. For the problem areas of the industry in an attempt to make some first time, GRT had their executive offices and warehouse un- changes in those situations that adversely effect their busi- der one roof. The move not only served to meet their current ness as well as the business of others in the record industry. space requirements but also allowed for future innovation Early this year, GRT won a decision in the Federal Court of and enlargement. At the time of the move Reynolds stated, Canada that blocked Caravan Stereo Ltd., a Quebec corpora- We are pleased that we are now going to be able to give a lot tion and the defendant in the case, from importing Light- better service regarding order turn -over. To date we've always house product manufactured in the U.S. and offering it for been under the handicap of being in two separate locations in sale in Canada at prices substantially lower than the normal Toronto, which only increased the inevitable communications trade prices. problems between office and warehouse." A separate action was subsequently filed against Record In addition to the move at that time, GRT took on a new Wherehouse Ltd. on the same basis and in March of this year, graphic image with a newly- designed logo, added more staff GRT of Canada Ltd. won a precedental case against Record to their operation across Canada and instigated a weekly hype Wherehouse and as a result, U.S. imported cutouts contain- sheet under the name "Hear and Now." ing Canadian copyright material were henceforth banned ONE STOP & A more current priority within the company in Reynold's from Canada. The ruling was seen as significant in aiding mind is an extension of their activities in both of their publish- other Canadian artists who have licensing deals with U.S. la- ing divisions, Tarana Music and Corinth Music. "This is cer- bels and have also experienced similar problems in the past. RACK SERVICE tainly one of our priority areas these days," says Reynolds. GRT of Canada's president Ross Reynolds has also held the "With the acquisition of Frank Davies' Love Productions' pub- position of president of the Canadian Recording Industry As- 919 No. Broad Street lishing catalog as well as the services of Davies himself to head sociation, a post he held for the customary one -year term be- Philadelphia, Pa. 19123 up our publishing division, I believe we have taken a step in fore relinquishing it to George Struth, general manager of 215 CE 5 -2726 the right direction." Quality Records a few months ago. Because of Reynolds' of- Due to financial difficulties, Love Productions recently had ten- demonstrated value to CRIA, he was asked to sit on the to close down but to stave off bankruptcy a three -year master executive board as a past president.

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The lineup at WJAK now p.m.-5 a.m., with program director Ron Fraiser is now doing the show on the rocker. Michael Henry has program director Joe Case 6 -9 John Lyon helping on the board on morning show at WNDR in Syr- RECORDS FOR SALE Martin does mid -morning, Dennis a.m., Gary Mark does 2 -6 p.m. Karo- weekends with weekend air person- Largest Selections in Industry Waters does the noon -3 p.m. show, lyn Henry moved from the 9 a.m.-2 alities Wade Anderson and Mary is drive, and p.m. slot to take over the news de- Bennett. Cook wants all of the guys Promotional LP's and 8- tracks, any quantity Distrib Pack Firm Don Cox in afternoon service. 10 -2 a.m. partment, which is probably the slot who worked with him in AFRTS in Best prices, 24 hour shipping MINNEAPOLIS -"When She Jessi, a chick, does p.m. says she's good (which now by Mercer. Mercer says the for- Irak Lion, Crete, to write him. Cook Call or Write Today for Catalogs. Cries" by Sherwin Linton on Black and Tanner was a mistake because Rick Sklar mat is a tight top 30 with scattered also says he has to buy ABC and Dot RECORD WIDE DISTRIBUTORS Gold Records is written by Shel Sil- 1755 Chase hire her gold and "partly cloudy through the product to get it on the air. Drive verstein. Sherwin, owner of the la- will read this column and Fenton (St. Louis), Mo. 63026 for one of his ABC operations). week with heavier preciptation on (314) 343 n bel, has signed a national distribu- -7100 t weekends." * * * tion deal with Nationwide Sound, * * * Nashville. Tim Mercer, music director at * * * Don Wright has been named pro- -EXPORT- Todd T. Taylor has been pro- gram director of KSJO in San Jose, We have the largest selection of all brands moted from assistant program direc- Calif., and Bo ., national of LPs and tapes IN STOCK for fast serv- director for the Sterling ice. 20 years of service to importers all over tor to operations manager of WHBC program the world. Dealers and importers only. in Canton, Ohio. He'll continue to Recreation Organization chain, is RECORD RACK SERVICE Los handle music director duties, too. , .. moving his headquarters to An- 532 So. Berendo Blvd.. Los Angeles. CA. 90006 Telex 910.321.2840 -Phone 12131 467 -6440 Doc Siegel has been set to direct geles in August. ... Charlie Mur- RaDio-Tv maî KRLA's "Good Old Radio Show" dock, general manager of WLW in 24 -hour marathon to benefit hemo- Cincinnati, has a cassette library of ATTN! OVERSEAS IMPORTERS phelia research. The marathon will airchecks of stations and speeches and U.S.A. EXPORTERS Rates: "POSITION WANTED" is $10 -in advance -for 1 be aired in September. Siegel, an that he listens to in the car. ... Lee We transport Records, Tapes. etc. from Hanner of Radio Avon in New Zea- U.S.A. Offering: Great savings, low freight inch, one time. No charge for Box numbers. audio engineer and mixer, is cur- rates -New American Suppliers for buyers rently with Krofft Productions, Los land dropped by. Ostensibly, he's on -Assemble various orders -Welcome you with wife. In reality, when you arrive In N.Y. "POSITION OPEN" is $20 -in advance -for one time. Angeles. vacation his Contact ads asking for tape samples will be charged * * * he's visiting radio stations such as BERKLAY AIR SVCES, MARKETING Box number KKDJ in Los Angeles. Sharon Nel- P.O. Box 665, JFK Airport Robert Bruno has been named Jamaica. N.Y. 11430. U.S.A. tin an added $1 for handling and postage. son, music director of KKDJ, was program director of WNEW -AM in most pleasant. Another Los Angeles to: New York; di- Send money and advertising copy he'd been program station, which shall go unnamed, r- personality "PACKAGE DEAL" Radio -TV ,lob Mart, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, N.Y. 10036 rector and mid-morning was willing to let Lee go on the WVIP in Mt. Kisco, just north of HIT TUNE PACKAGES at "public tour." 8 TRACK TAPES need information or samples? POSITIONS WANTED * * * Call Or Write: SHIELD 8 TAPE. CO. Marino Playing At WNOB in Daytona Beach, Fla., HELP! MY WIFE AND I ARE MOVING doing the P.O. BOX 60130 I'm searching for new employment as an you'll find John Ferree Oklahoma City, Okla. 73106 TO LOS ANGELES IN AUGUST. SHE'S GOING TO SCHOOL, AND I NEED A announcer. I have, three years major market 6 -10 a.m. show, John Hofmann until (405) 236 -8888 JOB, EFFECTIVE THE FIRST OF SEP- experience at a Top 40 station, production Like 2 p.m., Ron Kay 2 -6 p.m., Gary De- ability and could handle a music directors' TEMBER. I HAVE A TOTAL OF 41/2 position. 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www.americanradiohistory.com 36 Tape /Audio /Video TOPPER TADA TALKS House OK U.K. Lecson Sansui Broadens Line For U.S. By EARL PAIGE Delays U.S. On End Of LOS ANGELES -While Sansui's ings kicked off here recently demon- headed by Hiroshi Tada, New York - emphasis seems to be in establishing strates that Sansui is broadening its based executive vice president, who quad in broadcasting, dealers might price points up to $1,300 and down was with Sony prior to joining San - Market Bow miss the point that the company is, to $169.95 and adding high end sui in 1966. NEW YORK -A reported finan- Fair Trade after all, an audio equipment manu- pieces such as its $350 QSDI "ulti- Essentially, Tada outlines these WASHINGTON -The House cial crisis within the London -based facturer. What's more, Sansui's top mate matrix decoder" to a series of goals: Lecson Co. has slowed the firm's voted last week, 380 to I I, to repeal man in America says that fair trade's speakers that includes a new radi- Encouraging independent audio planned fi state fair trade laws by making them entry into the U.S. hi demise will allow Sansui to expand ation baffle concept. Also hinted at dealers to follow the example of equipment market. The firm had a violation of the Sherman Antitrust faster in hi fi with a broader line. is an expansion of its tape decks. chains in setting up quad demo Act. The bill, H.R. 6971, in effect re- originally hoped to market its prod- A scheduled series of trade show- Sansui's U.S. strategy is spear- rooms. ucts here immediately following this peals the depression- spawned Pushing stations to push quad and McGuire Act, and later Miller -Tyd- year's summer CES. therefore capitalize on what he British hi fi ings bill, which carved out the ex- AIDS SMALL RETAILER The manufacturer ex- hopes will be evolution of the first cited visitors to both the winter and ception to federal antitrust law "quad. hit" record. ostensibly to save small retailers summer Consumer Electronics from price undercutting by giant NARDA Pfanstiehl in Tie (Continued on page 39) Shows with its bold new concepts in chains and discounters. equipment design, as well as its ex- CHICAGO -The small retailer is the merchandise was attractive. "If tensive use of printed circuits to re- A companion bill cleared the anti- being aided during a difficult sur- NARDA adds other accessory man- duce the size and weight of usually trust subcommittee of the Senate vival period through a distribution ufacturers to the program, we would bulky components (Billboard, Jan. Judiciary Committee, but the full CALIFORNIA program established by National reconsider," he states. 18, June 14). committee has yet to act on the bill Appliance and Radio -Electronic Accessories offer dealers an excel- According to informed sources, due to the illness its BILL WOULD of chairman, Dealer Assn. (NARDA) in conjunc- lent profit margin, according to a the firm had made a last -minute de- Sen. James Eastland (D., Miss.). tion with Pfanstiehl. by for its The total table conceived NARDA NUMBER cision to show its products in Chi- With is SETS administration backing, it Pfanstiehl accessory catalog, includ- members. With a 500 percent cago during CES on the premise that virtually certain to be signed by ing needles, cartridges, cable and markup on needles, and 200 percent SACRAMENTO - Manufactur- ers would be required to equip all the venture was being underwritten President Ford as soon as it clears connectors and other accessories is markup on accessories, a dealer can by interested British investors. the committee and gets expected ap- "electronic sets" with a model num- available to member dealers at a 10 expect to make a gross profit of However, it is believed that inter- proval from the full Senate. percent discount. $12,285 in a projected three year ber and a unique serial number and with schematic diagrams and shad - nal politics has snarled progress of In the consumer electronics field, Julie Steinberg, executive vice plan, with an investment of $4,305. owgraphs of the set in a proposal the financial negotiations, and the action is mostly moot, with such president, NARDA, describes the Initial inventory to cover 75 per- threatened the future of the line. (Senate bill 1 126) introduced major firms as Pioneer, TEAC and nine- month -old program, in which cent of customers needs can be as recently by Sen. Ruben S. Ayala Sources close to the company still Sansui, among others, abandoning little as $300, with a gross profit of the association acts as distributor, as (Dem.), San Bernardino. hope that the financial woes can be the result a realization $2,450 on gross sales figure of (Continued on page 37) of that deal- The bill would prohibit the sale of ironed out, and that the line can still ers were being overcharged for mer- $3,300. An added advantage, ac- "electronic sets" after Jan. 1, 1977, be marketed in this country. chandise cording to George Serritella, the as- to provide lower profit re- unless the manufacturer followed Chicago -based Audiophile Im- IEEE sociation's assistant managing direc- Electro /76 Set quirements for large accounts. the required numbering concept and ports was the U.S. distributor for tor, is the minimal display and LOS ANGELES - Electro /76, the The cost of mailing to members essential data about the model. Lecson until July 15, when a shift re- storage space, requiring one -half bicentennial Institute of Electrical & announcing the program and in- The proposal states "the schemat- portedly was made to Gale Electron- square foot of counter space for nee- Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Show, cluding a kit containing price sheets, ic diagram, including voltage and ics in Los Angeles. Informed sources dles, and a three -foot by three -foot is set for next May 11 -14 at Boston's inventory control forms, order blank waveform specifications necessary say that F.J. Moray, formet owner of wall area for other accessory items. Hynes Auditorium and Sheraton - and illustrated catalog, was shared for repairing defects and malfunc- Lecson Audio, sold the company in Boston Hotel. Information is avail- equally by Pfanstiehl, service man- Serritella, who notes that this is tions and for making adjustments to June to a Mr. Sanghania of Simpor- able from William Weber Jr., gen- ager of the accessory firm Bob the first time NARDA has moved such sets and shadowgraphs of tex Ltd. in London, with the com- eral manager, Electro /76, 3600 Wil- White, says. For his firm, the oppor- into offering product to dealers printed circuit board" must be in- pany's name changed to Lecson Ltd. shire Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. tunity to broaden the sales base and (other offers have been for traffic cluded with the set. The Lecson line included tuner, 90010. reach dealers who were not handling (Continued on page 38) amplifier, pre -amp and. speakers. Russia Hosts Biggest Consumer Electronics Showcase

Continued from page 1 mat is developing fast but 8 -track equipment for concert halls, arenas for many Dynacord products at the From Eastern Europe, TESLA, will not be introduced here. and schools. fair, with their booth decorated by Czechoslovakia's largest radio /elec- the fair and Soviet companies intro- Videotape products are already a In the U.S. area, featuring 20 com- posters of Russian pop acts such as tronic company, exhibited its ESS duced lines of radios, tape players reality, with the first batches of sev- panies, relatively little space was Vio Sovremennik, the leading jazz recording studio console, large hall and electronic musical instruments eral models to be introduced later given to consumer electronics, but band led by Anatolii Korll, using concert equipment and hi fi ampli- currently available in small quan- this year reportedly producing some Marantz introduced its line of Stereo Dynacord equipment. fiers, through the KOVO export /im- tities only, with some to go into mass sales to several West European com- 2 /Quadradial 4- channel receivers, Japan was represented by 30 corn - port firm. Many Soviet recording production in the near future. panies at the show. In electronic mu- amplifiers and adaptors through its panies, including Sony, Aiwa, Sanyo and TV studios are equipped with The Russian display was impres- sical instruments, until now im- European distributor, Superscope and TEAC, with Sony highlighting Czech recorders and consoles. electronics ported from , a Europe, S.A. its Included sive, proof that consumer videocassette units. One big surprise to Russian vis- is a fast -developing field, with man- company in Riga (Latvia) is now Stereo broadcasting is limited to were its 3/4 U VP 1230 -inch -Matic itors was the exhibit of Finland's Sa- ufacturing companies working on manufacturing a quality organ that about 35 hours a week here, with player for PAL, SECAM and NTSC lora, one of the biggest Scandina- new lines of quality radios, record could prove a rival to some models FM stations in major cities but only color TV systems; VO 2850S players and tape hardware. Quadra- of Forfissa or Yamaha. Manufac- about 70,000 FM stereo radios in -SECAM videotape recorder /player vian electronics firms with color TV phonic formats are only in the ex- ture of electric guitars is developing, private use, although it is expected and VO 3800P PAL VTR with exports to 15 countries. Salora also perimental design stages, but pro- but not in the same quality range of to develop fast and soon. Quad radio DXC -1600P color camera, and KV presented stereo amplifiers, tuners, duction of pilot equipment is international firms, and several is virtually unknown, so the Marantz 1310R (13 -inch) and KV 1800R (18- record players (under license from expected soon. The tape cassette for- companies presented audio /sound stand evoked great interest. inch) color TV monitors. Dual) and speakers. West Germany's exhibit, organ- ized by Glahe International and the NOWEA companies, included 69 e exhibiting companies, including aRHHARpp14 /COPr Grundig, ITT- Schaub - Lorenz and Kr Dual, all presenting current lines. Dynacord, already with a reputa- tion for the best sound equipment for general "show business use" in Russia, presented several new lines, including Teeny, Twen, Perfect and Star compact amplifiers; Eminent public address amplifiers and mix- ers; inexpensive Echocord 100 echo and reverb units; DC 2004/R organ cabinets; Minimoog synthesizers, and D210, 310 and 410 sound col- umns. Show business acts here use BEAG sound equipment, made in Hungary and ordered through So- viet foreign trade companies by con- cert agencies, but leading Soviet pop Dynacord products were highlighted in posters of key Russian pop groups in acts use the Dynacord amps and Billboard photos by Vadim Yurchenkov exhibit at SVJAZ '75 international trade fair, biggest held in Moscow. Echocord line. It was the first time Marantz quad units, FM broadcasts were big hit in U.S. firm's display.

www.americanradiohistory.com 37 Tape/Audio /Video Italy's Amtroncraft Kits Phono Sales Into U.S. Hi Fi Kit Market Up- Except NEW YORK -Amtroncraft Kits located in Massachusetts, Califor- of Milan will market a line of elec- nia, New York, Ohio, Illinois and By tronic hobby kits in North America, Colorado. Consoles according to Hy Schwartz, general Amtroncraft's decision to market WASHINGTON -Sales to deal- manager of Amtróncraft Kits of the line in this country is a direct re- ers of portable, compact and compo- New York. sult of what Schwartz calls encour- nent phonograph systems for the The firm is the second major kit aging response to previews at this first six months of 1975 totaled manufacturer within a month to an- year's NEWCOM and CES shows in nearly 1.55 million units, up 5.7 per- nounce that it will sell its products in Las Vegas and Chicago, respec- cent from a year ago, according to the U.S., as a challenge to the lucra- tively. the Electronic Industries Assn. mar- keting services department. tive Heathkit franchise. The line includes such products-as LRA photo Last month Sinclair Radionics of However, with sales of console hi fi amplifiers and preamps, FM re- NEW ERA CHAPTER -San Diego joins the Electronic Representatives Assn. England, disclosed it was units down nearly 35 percent to only that mar- ceivers, tuners, audio mixers and as its newest chapter. At recent welcoming ceremony, from left, national its line min- 225,000, overall phonograph sales keting popular of noise suppressors, Citizens' Band president Clark Gibb and board chairman Robert Trinkle greet first president, iaturized home for the first half of the year were electronics compo- and amateur radio converters, acces- Jim Daniels. of Daniels and Doty Sales Co. in form in country down about 2 percent, with 1.77 mil- nents kit this sories for electronic musical instru- (Billboard, July 5). lion sold to dealers. ments and a broad range of other Auto radios, including 8- Twenty -two products of the 165 instruments track/ products including test cassette players, continued their units Amtroncraft line will be intro- and equipment cabinets. duced initially through rackjobbers comeback in June, but the 4.1 mil- Rep Rap and electronics parts dealers in the Markets being targeted by Am- lion units sold to dealers in the first U.S. and Canada. The firm will troncraft include the very lucrative six months are still behind last year San Diego joins the Electronic Representa- members and the national organization through graduate the line upwards as de- hobbyist marts, as well as vocational by more than 17 percent. tives Assn. as its newest chapter, and an official broader responsibilities of the board delegate mand improves. The firm has no im- schools, technical institutes, commu- installation ceremony for president En Daniels, will also be examined. nity colleges that offer electronic Daniels & Doty Sales Co., included many mar- mediate plans to sell the line through Plans for a fall membership drive will be courses, and veterans training pro- keting and publishing executives and industry the mail as has been done so success- Mayfair Sound In firmed. Manuals and promotions have already fully by Heathkit, the major kit man- grams. spokesmen. been sent to the chapters. ufacturer in this country. Amtroncraft products, though Representatives from the National Electron- Amtroncraft has already ap- new to the U.S., have been available Importing Move ics Distributors Assn. (NEDA) and the. Electronic * * * Industry Assn. (EIA), were on hand to greet pointed 15 representatives to push on the world market for more than Fidelitone has added Larry Tannenbaum & members Tom McCarthy, SR Electronics; Gret- the line across the country. Reps are 20 years. Associates, 1133 Broadway, New York, as rep. & Private Labels; chen R. Climes, OHM Spun Electronics; Bob Also named as military rep is NAAFEXCO -Amer- Tauber, Tauber & Associates; Dan Purcell, CEL- CHICAGO- Mayfair Sound ica Corp. Products has moved from selling TEC Co.; Tony Earle, Earle Associates; Kenneth Doty, Daniels & Doty Sales Co.; Wayne H. Had- directly to consumers with its line of * * * den, Hadden Associates, and Edward Sainz, Har- Car Stereo_ 8 -track and cassette recorders and Kenneth C. , well -known lawyer in elec- vey King Inc. players, to direct importing and pri- tronic circles, became president -elect of the Robert C. Trinkle, board chairman of ERA, vate Chicago Bar Assn. label for large mail -order and and Clark R. Gibb, national president, officiated. Car Wash -Future Outlet mass merchandiser customers. * * * Prince handled the incorporation of the first By FRANK BARRON Gary Braver, president, refers to predecessor organization to the present -day The national office of the ERA in Chicago has stock now it's Pio- the change as "concentrating on Electronic Industry Show Corp., and is general LOS ANGELES -A Hollywood Panasonic, but expanded its area by one third, and is offering with The most larger orders with less customers counsel for the NEW /CON show and ERA. He is car wash on busy Sunset Blvd. ad- neer, some Audiovox. more services, including a new insurance policy. rather than small orders with many on the board of directors of more than 50 com- vertises itself as an "auto stereo popular item is the Pioneer 4000 car Under development is a salesman sample float- customers. We have been moving in panies, including many electronic firms. showroom," and Mrs. Bert Green- stereo cassette with the AM /FM er policy to protect stolen samples. this the baum, who manages the room, sees stereo. The under -dash units are also direction, and opportunity The midyear board meeting corning up Aug. His involvement as counsel to electronic the day when any location where extremely popular -the 8 -track with seemed proper to us at this time." 29 -30 in Vail, Colo., will be looking at the educa- companies and trade associations began in is cars come in will become stereo mar- FM. But units change in popu- The difference, he emphasizes, tional program with a view to including business 1935 when he represented the Midwestern kets. larity," notes Mrs. Greenbaum. that the product is sold at the time of institutes at universities. The development of Sales managers club, now the central region of The Sunset Blvd. Car Wash is Customers not only get to see the purchase. "We design and engineer closer relationships between individual chapter the Distributor Products Division of EIA. owned by Bob Bush and Burt Myer - Pioneer board, but are given the Pio- the equipment, sell it to a mass mer- son. It was Bush who got the idea to neer catalog, which lists such items chandiser or mail -order house, and install auto stereo equipment, and as the 800 series /8 -track stereo; 8- then place the order in the Orient." his sister now manages the tiny track quad /8 -track stereo; 8 -track The Mayfair brand will still appear Profit, room. "We are the only car wash in stereo; the cassette series; radios on some product. Are you getting those High Skip Braver, formerly vice presi- pionrttehl PLUS Sales available with Fast Moving Los Angeles, I believe, selling stereo without tape; full range of speakers; Audio Cable% Connectors, Speaker equipment on this scale," she says, complete quad systems; complete 8- dent of sales, has left to form his own hat cable, Wires, Adapters and Plugs' "although there is one in Las track stereo systems and 8 -track manufacturer's representative Vegas." decks. agency with Ted Rullman, B & R & conneclorr The facility, located opposite the Although limited in space, the car Associates, in Chicago. Directors Guild of America build- wash stocks as many items as pos- Now available from the same dependable source that makes SAME DAY SHIPMENTS of P= ANSTIEHL Needles, Phono Cartridges, Tape and ing, uses a Pioneer seven -foot dis- sible, orders whatever is needed, House OK Fair Trade Accessories. Write today on yodr letterhead for details of Special play board, which contains sample with fast -service delivery assured. Introductory Offer. units of most auto stereo equipment. Immediately adjacent to the Continued from page 36 "We order off it," explains Mrs. stereo showroom are several tape their pro fair -trade stance and re- Greenbaum, "including the Dolby. display cases, with tapes ranging in moving their products from resale 3300 WASHINGTON ST. / BOX 498 We stock most units, but if we have price from $6.98 to $14.98, although price maintenance. Only Panasonic pfrruniad WAUKEGAN, ILL. 60085 to order, at the most it takes four to the leaders are priced at $2.99. and Marantz /Sony /Superscope re- five days." "They ($2.99) are brand new tapes, main among the big companies still The car wash works with the GDS but they've been in stock some backing fair trade, where legal. branch of Pioneer, here locally. time," Mrs. Greenbaum explains "They're handy. We have no prob- "We sell top 50 mostly. We cater lem getting equipment delivered im- mainly to the Sunset Strip and Hol- mediately. And we work with a lywood crowd. They are hip." nearby installer who takes about 45 The car wash also advertises on lo- minutes to do any installation job - cal stations KIIS and K100, with a either here or at their place." smart car wash -stereo rebate pro - Good -bye, paper labels Sunset Blvd. Car Wash "used to (Continued on page 38) On- cassette printing JOINT TAPE VENTURE in up to 3 colors p Right On Your Cassette +full background color, (both sides) QCA-South Eastern Bows at speeds up to CINCINNATI - QCA - South Queen City Albums was founded Eastern, a new Florida corporation, by Bosken 25 years ago and has long 100 units per minute. has been formed to manufacture been known as one of the major Saves time, money AUDIOMATIC CORPORATION and distribute blank 8- tracks and pressers and packagers of gospel r Excfus,-..e mternabonat Tstrbutor cassettes by Edward Bosken, presi- music. The firm recently opened its and problems. dent of Queen City Albums and new 24 -track recording studio and QCA Records headquartered here, introduced its own label, QCA Rec- The APEX Printer from and Mateo San Martin, head of ords (Billboard, July 26). It also has South Eastern Records Mfg., Opa- its own publishing coMpanies, Bos- Locka, Fla. ken Publishing (BMI) and ERB Sales and billing will be handled Publishing (ASCAP). 1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS OVERSEAS OFFICE: 4 RUE FICATIER out of the local QCA office, with San Martin is one of the leading ¡iuid NEW YORK,N.Y.10019.PHONE(212)582 -4870 92400 COURBEVOIE, FRANCE. PHONE 333.30.90 AUDIOMATIC CORPORATION CABLE: AUDIOMATIC /TELEX 12 -6419 CABLE AUDIOMATIC /TELEX 62282 manufacturing and distribution pressers and packagers of disks in confined to South Eastern's Florida the Florida area and also is a veteran plant. manufacturer of 8 -track tapes.

www.americanradiohistory.com 38 Tape/Audio /Video JAPAN AUDIO SCENE Small NARDA Brand Competition Fierce Dealers Benefit NewProducEs In By HIDEO EGUCHI Pfanstiehl Tie Continued )ront pine i6 (Focus on the shifting audio mar- (one unit) to 1,640,000 yen ket began last week.) ($5,466.66) for the JBL D44000 items only), reports that 350 dealers who have never handled needles TOKYO -Audio brand competi- "Paragon," from 43,000 yen be- fore are now in the program, as tion is fierce as all FM radio listeners ($143.33) for a Technics RS -724U and a matter of fact, are reordering. and TV viewers in Japan will agree. open -reel deck to 1,350,000 yen Pfanstiehl service manager Bob For "hi fi" stereo systems and corn - ($4,500) for a Telefunken M -28C, White sees the program not working ponents, the "heavies" have adopted from 25,800 yen ($86) for a Toshiba out to the volume, "non- corporate" brand names: Au- PT -400 cassette deck to 248,000 yen anticipated how- ever, and does not view the program rex (Toshiba), Diatone (Mitsubishi) ($826.66) for the Nakamichi 1000 as undercutting regular Pfanstiehl and Lo -D (Hitachi). The last is an "Tri-Tracer," from 1,700 yen ($5.66) customers. "Many our regular acronym for "low distortion." The for a pair of Ashida ST -70 head- of customers prefer to forego the 10 special brand names of the light phones to 41,000 yen ($136.66) for percent electrical makers are: Optonica Superex PEP -71. discount in order to take ad- vantage of 24 (Sharp), Otto (Sanyo) and Technics Domestic retail price of the Yam- the factory -hour serv- ice and to take (Matsushita). Others are Accuphase aha B -1 FET power amplifier with a shipment on open or- der rather than cash." ( Kensonic), Denon (Nippon Colum- rated output of 150 watts per chan- bia), Fostex (Foster), Integra nel is 335,000 yen ($1,116.66), the NARDA official Steinberg (Onkyo), Luxman (Lux), Rotel Sony TAN -8550 V -FET 100W x 2 agrees, noting that some dealers pre- (Roland) and Secloff (Sony). power amplifier and TA -8650 V- fer the personalized service a local man can give. In Japan, list prices of phono- FET 80W x 2 integrated amplifier, graph pickup cartridges range from 295,000 yen ($983.33) per unit, the 5,900 yen ($19.66) for an Excel ES- Sony TA -4650 V -FET 35W x 2 inte- 70S Type II to 58,000 yen ($193.33) grated amplifier, 84,800 yen for an Empire 4000 /III (profes- ($282.66). Tape MINI -CASSETTE stereo tape player (top) from sional), from 7,000 yen ($23.33) for Competitive units using power Tenna has soft -line design, fast forward and eject buttons, and lists at $59.95 for the model RR- 2004C. an Excel ES -701 tone arm to 55,000 FETs or V -FETs introduced at the Model RR- 2005CMX adds an FM stereo radio the basic mini- yen ($183.33) for an EMT 929, from 23rd All Japan Audio Fair are ap- cassette, listing at $102.95. Both units offer 31/2 watts 21,500 yen ($71.66) fora Micro MB- pearing on the market. They include Duplicator RMS per channel. 400S turntable to 98,000 yen the Aurex SB -510F 45W x 2 and SB -620 50W x 2 integrated ampli- ($326.66) for a Technics SP -10, from By ANNE DUSTON 24,800 yen ($82.66) for an Aiwa AP- fiers, the Nikko C -10000 control Pentagon Industries is broadening its mar- 2050, the BSR 310X or a Pioneer amplifier, the Optonica SM -5000 keting base, with plans to broaden the product PLM 10 record player to 850,000 yen 50W x 2 integrated amplifier and the line in both audio /visual equipment and profes- ($283.33) for an EMT Trio /Kenwood FP -1000. Under 930st without sional audio products, including broadcasting, plinth. development is the Yamaha C -1X stereo amplifier with power FETs. according to president Tom Horton. Jim Dow, Likewise, from 32,000 yen former director of marketing, Telex, becomes ($106.66) for a Rotel RX -150A The power FET or V -FET is noth- part of the expansion as vice president, market- stereo receiver to 450,000 yen ing but a sales gimmick, says Jiro ing, for all tape duplicating equipment as well as ($1,500) for a McIntosh MAC1900, Kasuga, executive vice president of cassettes and services. from 68,000 yen ($226.66) for a Pio- Kensonic Laboratory. The Accu - Horton reports sales of the new Super C-1 neer 4- channel receiver to 200,000 phase E -202 integrated amplifier, C- copier are triple the expected sales. The one -to- yen ($666.66) for an Akai AS -980, 2000 preamplifier and P -250 & P- one copier, at 16 times speed, features digital from 3,700 yen ($12.33) for a Liston 300 power amplifiers manufactured logic and an anti -tape spill device that elimi- LE -30 nates the possibility of destroying the master bookshelf speaker system by Kensonic have won the highest SMALLEST PORTABLE stereo cassette deck does triple duty as car unit, com- tape. List is $695.00. acclaim from Japanese stereo re- ponent deck, or portable with batteries. From LYher, the CR 134 has condenser Pentagon duplicating equipment, including viewers, hi -fi enthusiasts and audio mike for recording, special head design with four tracks in -line, and a photo- in- cassette and open reel systems, and one 8- specialty stores. sensitive electronic tape-drive mechanism control, list. track machine, lists up to $10,000; Universal for $378 ggzat °Prices Audio, a wholly owned subsidiary, offers com- plete services as well as blank cassettes. for Future Outlook * * * BLANK LOADERS Continued from page 37 Edited seminars at the 1975 Video show held CASSETTE DUPLICATORS gram. On certain advertising days, May 20 -21 at the Los Angeles Ambassador, spon- anyone purchasing any stereo sored by Tepfer Publishing, are available in four DUPLICATORS one -hour audio cassettes at $23.50 equipment-regardless of the cost postpaid Empire -stop - from Amvid Communications Services, 2307 Make your one source gets the entire price back in car for fast, personal service and pre- Poinsettia Ave., Manhattan Beach, Calif. 90266. washes. On other days there may be mium quality tape on bulk cassettes, Topics covered include "A Videodisk Progress ILOW PRICE but delivering 24 watts a 25 to 50 percent rebate. bulk cassette tape, 8 -track lubri- Report," "Getting The Most Out Of A Video Sys- peak music power, is Lear Jet cas- cated tape and mastering tape. We The facility also in advertises the tern," New Developments In Video Recording" sette player, model A -12. Other in- serve the nation's leading dupli- local newspapers, "but we do better and "Advances In Video Creativity." troductions include a 2 /4-channel cators. Find out what you are with the radio spots." missing. Call or write NOW! * * * -8 -track with program memory and Sunset Blvd. Car Wash sells two to AM- multiplex radio. Empire Magnetic Industries three units per day during the week. A unique 22 -part videocassette educational 270-278 Newtown Road "Except," Mrs. Greenbaum grins, network designed for the Pepsi-Cola Manage- MOTIVATOR 200 (left), a working Plainview, N.Y. 11803 "when I take a day off. Then sales ment Institute by Reeves Teletape is the first display for car speakers from Elec- 516-293 -5582 drop, because I know the stereo such in -house corporate program by which tronic Industries, Inc., stores units business better than the others." Pepsi route salesmen and production employees in floor or counter model. can make application to San Francisco State Univ. School of Business for college credit. * * * CASE BLOWS CMX Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif. -based devel- CUSTOM oper of computer- managed video editing sys- tems, has begun deliveries of "The News Editor" for electronic news gathering, priced from THE LID OFF $20,500 to $44,875. Offered in four basic con-

figurations, System /40 includes a rack - mounted computer, CMX monitor control and PROFIT! two or three Sony 2850 U-Matic VTRs. CMX Systems also has been issued a U1S. patent for a "color phase matching system for magnetic video tape recordings" that is claimed DON'T KEEP to eliminate color burst phase match problems that commonly occur when electronically edit- YOUR ing TV magnetic tape containing composite NTSC (U.S. or Japan) or PAL (Europe) color sig- nals. * * * "Man and Media: The Spirit For '76" will be IN A BOX! the theme of the 37th annual convention and Dealer Special! $ 2.25 ea. in lots of 100 exhibit of the National Audio -Visual Assn. next January in New Orleans. STAT s.r.1 - _- Over 250 exhibitors are expected to converge via ErnanueiI, 16 Custom Case Mfg. Co., Inc. on the new Rivergate Convention Center with phone 02 - 9607450 9607485 ITALY 6232 Bragg Blvd., P.O. Box 5866, Fayetteville, N.C. 28303 products ranging from complex television sys- 21047 Saronno (VA) Phone: Area Code 919-867-6111 tems to slide binders, and including the latest software programs.

www.americanradiohistory.com Tape/Audio/Video 39 Sansui's Tada Sees Broadened Market Tenna Cassette To Do -It- Yourself' Line in the line. Continued from page 36 As for Sansui back in Japan at ment of hi fi in Japan, still relatively CLEVELAND -A new cassette models player with AM /FM stereo radio for The Model RR- 2013CMX fea- Breaking through the quad bar- headquarters, Tada says, "They ex- few FM stations. in -dash installation in cars has been tures a locking mechanism for keep- rier represented by high end audio- pect (the long-range process)." He Note: In Pari next added to Tenna Corp.'s line of "Do- ing the cassette in place during play, philes who have yet to be sold on says, however, that quad is growing (Editor's II how to take a It- Yourselfers "' and features the and eject and fast forward controls. quad (Sansui plans to introduce a faster in Japan. "Because of the week, Tada tells dealers more effec- five -position control shafts and The 3.5- watts - per -channel RMS high -end preamp). characteristic of people." He adds long -range view of quad plates for a built -in look of other unit lists at $129.95. In a way, it seems surprising that that there are, despite the advance- tively.) Sansui has been in the U.S. market almost 10 years. Among the initial Sansui entries in the U.S. was what Tada claims is the first receiver with black -out dial and function indicator. "We sold a quarter million pieces the latter part of 1967 -'68. All of a sudden, in 1968, we did $2 million. "In those years, Sansui was heav- ily involved in the military market in the Far East. At the same time, we When pricing gets were opening up the U.S. market more, and having the G.I. returning home helped us. Then in 1971, our company's engineers invented QS matrix 4- channel. We were the first happens Japanese manufacturer to introduce tight, what quadraphonic equipment in the U.S." Here at the Pacific Audio Sales - organized showing headed by Fred Halzahn of Pacific Audio, Tada to quality? pointed to the expansion as well of U.S. sales offices, now here, in At- lanta, Chicago, Dallas and New York (Billboard, July 26). While broadening its sales person- nel reach, widening the product line and therefore appeal to a greater gamut of dealers, and building from the very high end downward, Sansui hopes it is in a strong position with stereo in general. As for quad, Tada takes a very long -range view, and points to how in the mono to stereo changeover we forget that the transi- tion took about 10 years. "Even the tube type amplifier to transistorized -this took us four or five years. Now, mono to stereo is different from stereo to 4- channel, but still it's a long -range estab- lishment. It's a very intricate change- over, because you have to involve the software industry and also the broadcasting industry. "I shouldn't say 4- channel will take over stereo; no. It all depends on a ratio. Maybe five years from to- day quad may sell 50 percent and stereo may sell 50 percent. "Day -to -day sales don't mean anything to us (Sansui). Maybe one year, quad is up 10 percent. Then the next year, because of lack of soft- ware or changing in broadcasting, sales come down. It will go this way, but gradually up, up, up (for quad)." ut good things, if you've got a stake in the future. Crown Bares Hue's our stake. Weve been a world leader in tape handling packages since 1961. We've built New Console automated manufacturing facilities on ELKHART, Ind. -A stereo out- both coasts, established distribution put control center, with three sepa- centers nationally, and set up five rate amplifier outputs that can be controlled individually, has been in- regional offices to meet practically every troduced by Crown International. delivery or service requirement. the audio user The OC -150 offers is output monitoring with two 31/2-inch As you can see, our stake in the future meters, speaker switching for three large. We're not about to compromise quality sets of speakers and two variable in our C -O's, blank loads, 8- tracks, and pad headphone jacks. U -Matic video cassettes. Two monitoring meters can be used in either of two measuring - So when pricing gets tight, we like to talk about modes in any of five full -scale your requirements. Call our office nearest you - ranges. 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www.americanradiohistory.com 40 Country CREDIT LOUIS NUNLEY From 32 To 600 In a Decade; f Nashville AFTRA Blossoms NASHVILLE -The American years while Nunley is a member of panies, all of them agreeing to pay Federation of Television and Radio the original Anita Kerr Singers, now the accepted scale of $30 per hour or Artists (AFTRA) local here has known as the Nashville Sounds. per side. There still are some coin - grown from a ridiculously low 32 Other members of the group are mercial jingle studios which do not members 10 years ago to a current Dottie Dillard. Gil Wright, and cooperate with AFTRA, but Nunley active membership in excess of 600. Jeanine Walker. says most of them are now paying While the bulk of these members The other officer of the local is scale. are soloists and back-up singers, Lea Jan Berineti, who is secretary- "All of the major agencies in the work with announcing personnel is treasurer. city are signatory," he points out, progressing, according to Louis Nunley attributes growth here to "and the smaller ones simply have to Nunley, who is vice president of the cooperation of the record com- follow suit in regard to payment." CMF photo both the local and the national or- Tennessee has a right -to -work law, MURAL UNVEILED -The massive mural of Thomas Hart Benton, his last ganization. so membership is not compulsory. work, was unveiled at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Titled This marks the first time this city However, he points Sea Cruise up all the ben- "The Sources of Country Music," the mural depicts musical and cultural in- has been represented nationally, de- efits (particularly insurance) not en- fluences. spite its preponderence of singers. joyed by non -members. Nunley took over the local in 1965 Sails Into Nunley says his next step will be PERFORM -OR ELSE with its inept strength and lack of a to approach management of the driving force. He, in five consecutive Tennessee "Grand Ole Opry" and seek some terms, built AFTRA here to its sort of insurance coverage for guests ST. LOUIS Cruise Produc- present level. That level has been -Sea on the show, since regular members Union Warns Members Of tions, here, has maintained under the leadership of headquartered ex- already are given, without cost, com- panded and formed subsidiaries in Gordon Stoker, president since that plete life and accident coverage, as Intimidations London Nashville. - Artists' time. and Tom Pal well as medical. lardy is vice president in charge of NASHVILLE -American Feder- weeks radio stations have been tar- Both Nunley and Stoker are "Our interest at this point is not in Nashville ation of Musicians Local 257 here geted. Earlier, Doc Williams, vet- group singers. The latter has headed the post. getting more money. We simply Ken Keane, Sea Cruise president, has sent a warning letter to its mem- eran country music singer, said he the Jordanaiares for more than 20 want everyone to be protected," he Pallardy bership, advising against tactics al- would propose to the FCC that it re- says has a five -year associ- says. ation with the firm has been ac- legedly being used by some country quire stations to play a certain per- and As a national officer, Nunley now tive in record production, radio stations. centage of local artists in their pro- music will represent every individual and publishing and talent management. Johnny DeGeorge, president of gramming. Slim Williamson every local in the land. Meanwhile, In his new capacity, he will make the local, says word has reached him DeGeorge said complaints about he and Stoker will try to spur this his home in Nashville, working with through members and others of the free appearances had been grow- Back With New city to even greater membership something he says borders on payola ing steadily, and were reaching the music community, and will be heights. involved in the company's publish- or some other illegal activity." alarming proportions. Label, Old Act ing division, Briarmeade Music Un- According to the report, certain limited (ASCAP), for which he is an Groups Meet, Talk (unnamed at this time) stations are NASHVILLE -Slim Williamson, exclusive writer. asking artists and musicians to come Lefty Frizzell in and out of the record business Sea Cruise also has received its into their cities and perform a to Copyright Revision over a period of years, is back with a charter to operate as a "Limited "freebie" in exchange for "heavy Dies Of Stroke new label and an old artist. Company" in Britain. Heading the NASHVILLE -In a rare meeting airplay of their record." The impli- NASHVILLE the rn Williamson purchased Chart Rec- London office is Terry Waghorne, of here and the Ameri- cation is that, if they refuse a no -pay -For second consecutive week, ords some 10 years ago and built it who negotiated the arrangement can Guild of Authors and Compos- appearance, they stand to get no air- death has claimed into a potent part of the industry with Keane. ers (AGAC), agreement was reached play. a veteran country music entertainer to with such artists as Lynn Anderson, In still another move, Briarmeade wherein the Nashville Songwriters "We consider this a proposition- here, each of whom began his career with Columbia Records. LaWanda Lindsay, Del Reeves, An- has completed negotiations to ad- Assn. will cooperate with AGAC in ing of artists," DeGeorge says, "that =3 Lefty Frizzell, 47,, died of a mas- thong Armstrong Jones, "Crash" minister the entire gospel music cata- seeking copyright law revision. not only is not permissible, but bor- sive stroke just two weeks following < Craddock and Junior Samples. He log of Kingsland Publishing Co. AGAC has been generally unsuc- ders on payola or some other illegal built his own distribution program, (ASCAP) and Gately Publishing cessful in forming any membership activity. We are advising the mem- the death of George Morgan after open heart surgery. Still vet- then turned the operation over to (BMI), which are heavy into the gos- unit here, and this was its first meet- bership that they should reject such another eran, Lester Flatt, is recovering RCA, only to take it back again pel field. The two firms will be han- ing with officers and directors of warnings, and to turn over the call from open heart Ironically, later. Some twoyears ago he sold out dled worldwide by Sea Cruise. NSA. The meeting, however, was letters of the radio stations to us. We surgery. much completely, returned to farming in Pallardy, who heads the Nashville limited to a discussion of copyright would, of course, turn complaint of his career also was spent with Co- lumbia. Georgia, and running three radio office, is a prolific songwriter, with revision. over to the Federal Communications Frizzell, stations which he owns. four new songs in the latest album Ron Peterson, vice president of Commission." born at Corsicana, Tex., got his nickname as a Now he has formed the Scorpio by Frankie Ford. Recent songs also NSA, appointed a special committee This is the second time in two prizefighter, a career he followed briefly. Born Wil- label, and his first artist is Jim Nes- have been recorded by Denny Bar - to work in a coordinated effort with bitt, who also was his first artist on berio, Sharon Wilson and Sondra AGAC officials toward this end. In liam Frizzell, he was signed for by Don Law, Chart. Distribution is to be handled Sutton. Ford formerly was with addition to Peterson, NSA was rep- recording the longtime by Nationwide Sound Distributors, ABC Records. resented at the meeting by Sharon CMA Directors producer who selected and directed almost all of his early hits. Frizzell with promotion by Betty Gibson. Sea Cruise also is a management Rucker, John Denny, Kenny O'Dell, was, Joe Gibson, who runs WSD, once firm, working currently with five art- Don Wayne, Glenn Martin, Rai Eye in the 1950s, a member of the the Calendar Ole was part of the Chart operation with ists. Briarmeade has writers under Pennington and Maggie Cavender. "Grand Opry." Williamson. contract who have had songs re- AGAC officials on hand were Ervin VANCOUVER, B.C. -The third Most recently he recorded for ABC, was The first song by Nesbitt is corded by such artists as Charlie Drake, president, and Lew Bach- quarterly board meeting of the and produced by Don "Phone Call From The Devil," Rich, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, man, executive director. Country Music Assn., something of Gant. He, as all other ABC country which is made on the "hot line." Narvel Felts, Frankie Ford, Johnnie a warm -up to the October gathering, artists, was to have been moved to was ABC -Dot. Williamson also has established & Jonie Mosby, Lois Johnson and held here last week for corn- Funeral services were held here three new publishing firms: Slim - others. mittee reports, plans of the upcom- Statlers Draw Tuesday. bull (BMI); Brim (SESAC) and Sea Cruise is now setting up ing convention, and some social- Hereford (ASCAP). Nashville offices. izing. 37,000 Persons CMA director Bud Wendell, vice STAUNTON, Va. -The Statlers' president of WBM, confirmed that annual July 4th Celebration actually total attendance at Fan Fair in June Loveline Pubbery was held on July 5, due to rain, but exceeded 12,000. Attention was fo- Opens Its Office still drew in excess of 37,000 here. cused on October events, such as the Special guests for the event were CMA Awards Show, the Talent NASHVILLE -A new publishing Johnny Russell and Charlie McCoy. Buyer's Seminar, the membership firm, Loveline (ASCAP), has To reciprocate for McCoy, the Stat- meeting, the Founding President's opened offices here at 1508 Siegler lers then went to Fayetteville, W. Award, other awards, and the ban- St., with Miss Lou Hildreth, owner Va., McCoy's hometown, and do- quet and show. Also, Roy Horton of the Nashville Gospel Talent nated a night's work to funds for a gave his traditional update on the Agency, as general manager. new ball park. The event was such a "Country Music Month " celebra- Other principals in the firm with success the field now will be called tion. Miss Hildreth are Edward R. Bos - the Statler Brothers Ball Park. CMA director Bill Anderson, an ken, president of Queen City Al- The group then instituted a spe- MCA artist and songwriter, spoke to bums, Inc., Cincinnati, and Bob cial program called "phone the Stat- advertisers, business executives and Rogers, executive vice president of lers day" in which a limited number news media representatives from the QCA Records, Inc., which is moving Les Leverett photo of radio stations were invited to area, outlining the many facets of its home base from Cincinnati to MORGAN FINALE -George Morgan makes his final appearance on the phone the group for live on- the -air country music. Nashville. "Grand Ole Opry" on his 50th birthday, June 28. Helping him celebrate are, interviews. It was such a success that Plans also were confirmed for the Rogers says negotiations are un- left to right, Skeeter Davis, Kenny Price, Candi and Lori Morgan, T. Tommy another such promotion is planned I Ith annual Music City Pro- Celeb- derway to add two new affiliates, Cutrer, George Morgan and Jeanne Pruett. He died after open heart surgery soon, inviting different stations to rity Golf Tournament, directed by covering BMI and SESAC, to the a week later. participate. Frank Rogers. Loveline operation.

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STAR PERFORMER -Singles registering greatest proportionate upward p ogress this week. Á e e Á ó - r Z 3 3 g TITLE- Artist á TITLE -Artist 3 TITLE- Artist a -5 (Writer), Label &Number (Dist. Label) (Publisher, (Writer). Label & (Dist. (Writer), Licensee) Number Label) (Publisher, Licensee) a n e Label S Number (Dist. Label) (Publisher, Licensee)

1 2 11 JUST GET UP AND CLOSE 35 32 12 MR. RIGHT AND MRS. WRONG -Met Tutus & 68 71 4 IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE Rodriguez THE RAIN -Jim Weatherly DOOR -iehnny ((K Westtbbeerry, H. Harbour), MGM 14803 (L. Hargrove), Mercury 13682 (Sawgrass, BMI) (1. Weatherly) Buddah 467 (Kew, ASCAP) (Phonogram) (Window, BMI) 69 69 9 DON'T DROP IT-Fargo Tanner 43 5 LOVE IS STRANGE -Buck Owens a Susan Raye 3 7 WASTED DAYS AND (E. Presley) Avco 612 (Rambalero, BMI) * (Smith, Baker, Robinson), Capitol 4100 WASTED NIGHTS- Freddy Fender (Ben Ghazi, BMI) (B. Huerta, W. Duncan), ABC /Dot 17558 (Travis, BMI) 1 ]O 75 6 THAT JUST MY TRUCKIN' 44 5 THIRD RATE ROMANCE Amazing Rhythm Aces LUCK -Hank Thompson 5 9 THE SEEKER -Day Parton - * ( (H.R. Smith), ABC 12078 (Fourth Floor, ASCAP) (1. Koonse, B.T. Barker), ABC /Dot 17556 (D. Parton), RCA 10310 Parton r, BMI) (Chess, ASCAP) 45 4 THE BARMAID -David 6 11 EVERYTIME YOU TOUCH ME (I Get Wills 71 (T.1. White) Epic 8-50118 (Columbia) (Tennessee 78 7 LET ME TAKE CARE OF YOU -Bobby Lewis High) -Charlie Rich A. Kent), ' Swamp Fox, ASCAP) (F. Stanton. Ace Of Hearts 00502 (B. Sherill, C. Rich), Epic 50103 (Columbia) (Algee, (Golden Horn, ASCAP) BMI /Double R, ASCAP) 39 19 12 WHAT TIME OF DAY -Bitn Thunderkloud a The Chieftones 82 3 OH HOW LOVE 5 1 11 TOUCH THE HAND - Conway Twitty (R. McCown), 20th Century 2181 (Sawgrass, BM)) CHANGES -Don Gibson a Sue Thompson (C. Twitty), MCA 40407 (Twisty Bird, BMI) (K P. Powell, D. Orender), Hickory 350 (MGM) 7 11 LOVE IN THE HOT 48 4 STAY AWAY FROM THE (Acuff Rose, BMI) AFTERNOON -Gene Waken APPLE TREE - Billie Jo Spears 83 2 LOOK AT THEM BEANS - Johnny Cash (V. Matthews. K. Westberry), ' (A. Butler, R. Bowling), United Artists 653 Capitol 4076 (Jack. BMI) (J. Pex), Columbia 310117 (Tree, BMI) (Unart /Brougham Hall, BMI) 8 8 PLEASE MR. PLEASE Olivia Newton -John - 84 3 ONE MONKEY DON'T STOP (Welch, Rostill), MCA 40418 (Blue Gum, ASCAP) 41 24 15 LIIIIE 8 THE RAINMAN -Tanya Tucker , NO (K O'Dell. L. Henley), MCA 40402 SHOW - Little David Wilkins 9 10 T. * DEAL -Tom T. Hall (House Of Gold, BMI) (D. Wilkins, Marshall). MCA 40427 (T.T. Hall), Mercury 73686 ( Phonogram) (Forrest Hills, BMI) (Hallnote, BMI) 42 40 8 I'LL BE YOUR STEPPIN' STONE -David 75 81 4 DONT TAKE IT AWAY -Jody Miller 11 9 RHINESTONE COWBOY -Glen Campbell How (T. Seals, M.D. Barnes) Epic 8-50117 (Columbia) * (B. Darnell, M. Luber), Epic 8 -50113 (Columbia) (L Weiss), Capitol 4095 (Central Songs, BMI) (Danor, BMI) (20th Century/House Of Weiss, ASCAP) 86 2 LESS THAN THE SONG-Patti Page 12 7 53 4 SAY FOREVER YOU'LL BE lit FEELINS' -Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty (H. Axton), Avco 613 (Lady Jane, BMI) (T. Seals, D. Goodman, W. Jennings), MCA 40420 MINE -Porter wagoner a Dolly Parton (Danor, BMI) (D. Parton) RCA 10328 (Owepar, BMI) 77 79 3 SHOTGUN RIDER-Marty Robbins Winters, D. Winters), 15 8 WOMAN (D. MCA 40425 (Mariposa, BMI) W IN THE BACK OF MY MIND -Mel 44 46 7 LET THE LITTLE BOY DREAM -Even Stevens Till's (E. Stevens), Elektra 45254 (Debdave, BMI) 78 85 3 TAKE MY HAND -Jeannie Seery (R McCowen, R. Laudon). MGM 14804 (Sawgrass. (H. Cochran), MCA 40428 BMI) (Tree, BMI) 55 5 IF I COULD ONLY WIN YOUR 12 LOVE- Emmylou Harris 90 2 THIS IS MY YEAR FOR 14 11 I WANT TO HOLD YOU - Stella Parton (C. Louvin, I. Louvin). Reprise 1332 (Warner Bros.) 'i (B. Dean, S. Parton), Country /Soul 039 (IRDA) ' MEXICO- Crystal Gayle (Acuff-Rose, BMI) (Myownak, BMI / Owlofus, ASCAP) (V. Matthews). United Artists 680 (Jack. BMI) 13 4 11 MOVIN' ON -Merle Haggard 46 38 10 I DON'T LOVE HER 80 80 8 LONELY RAIN -Wynn Stewart (M. Haggard), Capitol 4085 (Shade Tree /Kpieth, BMI) ANYMORE -Johnny Paycheck (D. Earl), Playboy 6035 (Singletree, BMI) Morrison), Epic 850111 (Columbia) 14 16 9 HELLO LITTLE BLUEBIRD -Donna Fargo 81 (Tree BM)) 54 10 HONKY TONK WAYS -Kenny O'Dell (D. Fargo). ABC /Dot 17557 (PrimaDonna, BMI) (K. O'Dell). Capricorn 0233 (Warner Bros.) 47 35 14 FREDA (House Of Gold, BMI) 18 9 DEAR WOMAN -Joe Stampley COMES, FREDA GOES -Bobby G. Rice (A. Hammond, M Hazelwood, R. Cook, R. Greenaway), (M. Sherrill. S. Davis. 1. Stampley) Epic 850114 GRT 021 (Chess (Cookaway, ASCAP) 82 4 (Columbia) (Al Galbco /Alger, BMI) /Janus) 88 THE TELEPHONE -Jerry Reed (1. Owne) RCA 10325 (Vector, BMI) 21 7 * LOVE THE BLUES AND THE BOOGIE 48 36 15 HELLO, I LOVE YOU- Johnny Russell (R. Rogers), RCA 83 56 14 DREAMING MY DREAMS WITH YOU WOOGIE -Billy "Crash" Craddock 10258 (Newkeys, BMI) YOU-- Dayton Jennings (D. Statler), ABC 12104 (Chappell, ASCAP) 61 3 BLUE EYES CRYING IN (A. Reynolds). RCA 10270 (lack, BMI) 17 17 10 FARTHEST THING FROM MY THE RAIN Millie Nelson - HOME -LorettaLoretta Lynn MIND -Ray Price (F. Rose), Columbia 3 -10176 (Milene, ASCAP) 1A( (B. Harden), MCA 40438 (King Coal, ASCAP) (J. Weatherly), ABC 12095 (Keca, ASCAP) 50 42 10 MOLLY (I Ain't Getting Any 85 87 5 BOOM itr 22 6 THE FIRST TIME- Freddie Hart BOOM BARROOM MAN -Nat Stuckey Younger) Dorsey Bumene (T. Seals. M.D. Barnes), RCA 10307 (Danor, 8M1) (1. Grayson), Capitol 4099 (Hartline, BMI) - (B. Linde), Melodyland 6007 (Motown) 19 20 9 THIS HOUSE RUNS ON (Mynowa, BMI /Owlosus, ASCAP) 98 2 A POOR MAN'S WOMAN -Jeanne Pruett (1. Pruett), MCA 40440 (Jeanne Pruett, SUNSHINE -v testa BMI) 51 57 6 BACK IN THE USA -Carmel Taylor (B. Bennett. M. Redway), Capitol 4082 ' Berry), Elektra 45255 (Chuck /Arc. BMI) (Al Bonne /Alger, BMI) (C. Berry 87 89 4 (All I Have To Do Is)

DREAM -Niftt Gritty s 6 Band 23 6 BANDY THE RODEO CLOWN -Moe Bandy 65 3 DAYDREAMS ABOUT NIGHT (B. Bryant) United Artists 655 (Acuff Rose /House Of (W. Shafer, L. Frizzell). GRC 2070 (AcuflRose, BMI) THINGS- Ronnie Milsap Bryant. BMI) ' (1. Schweers), RCA 10335 (Chess. ASCAP) 25 6 I'VE NEVER LOVED ANYONE 88 93 2 WHAT I KEEP SAYIN' IS MORE -Lynn Anderson 53 47 12 T- R- O- U -B -L-E -Elvis Presley A LJE -Debie Hawkins (L. Hargrove, M. Nesmith), Columbia 310160 (1. Chesnut). RCA 10278 (Jerry Chesnut, BMI) (M. Moore, B. Wayne), Warner Bros. 8104 (Window /Screen Bems-Columbia, BMI) 1 (AI Gallico, BMI) 64 27 10 STORMS NEVER LAST- Dottsy Ti( 5 THE SAME OLD STORY -Hank Williams Jr. (L. Morris, W. Keith, H. Williams MGM 89 91 4 HE LOVES (1. Colter). RCA 10280 (Baron, BMI) Jr.). 14813 ME ALL TO PIECES -Ruby Falls (Hank Williams Jr., BMI) (Rill, Fields) 50 States 33 (NSD) (Sandburn /Music ldr 28 8 SPRING -Tanya Tucker Craftshop, ASCAP) (J. n), Columbia 310127 (Galleon / Motola. 55 49 12 WHWlIDONTvYOU ASCAP) 3-10135-1MEed Rose, BM!) 90 92 2 I HAVE LOVED YOU GIRL (But Not Like This Before) -Earl Conley 29 5 BOUQUET OF ROSES- Mickey Gilley 67 3 ALIMONY -Bobby Bare (E. Conley), GRT 027 (Chess/Janus) (S. Nelson, B. Hillard), Playboy 6041 * (S. Silverstein), RCA 10318 (TRO'Holbis, BMI) (Blue Moon, ASCAP) (Hill & Range. BMI)

57 62 7 YOU 91 94 3 EASY -Troy Seals 30 7 YOU'RE NOT THE WOMAN YOU USE TO BELONG TO ME -Jim Reeves (P.W. King, R Stewart. C. Price), RCA 10299 (T. Seals, D. Goodman), Columbia 3 -10173 BE-Garyry Stewart (Ridgeway, BMI) (Danor, BMI) (G. Stewart, B. Eldridge), MCA 40414 (Forrest Hills, BMI) 58 50 15 LITTLE BAND OF GOLD -Sonny lames 92 96 2 BECAUSE WE LOVE -lack Blanchard a (1. Gilreath), Columbia 3-10121 (Beaik, BMI) Misty Morgan 26 26 8 THINGS - (J Blanchard, M. Morgan), Epic 8 -50122 (Columbia) (B. Darin), Melodyland 6011 (Motown) (Hutson Bay, (Birdwalk, BMI) BMI) 59 52 17 YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND -Don Williams (W Holyfield). ABC /Dot 17550 (Don Williams, BMI) 93 95 5 CAROLYN AT THE BROKEN WHEEL 27 10 18 RECONSIDER ME- Narret FeltsFe (M. Lewis, M. Smith), ABC /Dot 17549 60 68 4 I'M TOO USE TO LOVIN' YOU -Nick Ninon INN -Joe Allen (Shelby Singleton, BMI) (B. Peters) Mercury 73691 ( Phonogram) (B. McDill, J. Rushing), Warner Bros. 8098 (Jack, BMI) (Ben Peters, BMI) 94 It 34 6 EVEN IF I HAVE TO STEAL -Mel Street 99 2 YES - Connie Cato (R. Carter), GRT 025 (Chess /Janus) 61 51 12 GOD'S GONNA GET'CHA (T. Woodford, B. Wyrick), Capitol 4113 (Peer International. BMI) (Store Diamond, BMI /lobete, ASCAP) (For That) - George Jones a Tammy Wynette (E.E. Collins), Epic 8 -5099 (Columbia) 29 33 11 PUT ANOTHER LOG ON THE FIRE- Tompall 95 97 2 WE'VE GOT IT ALL TOGETHER (Hermitage/Alta m, BMI) (S. Silverstein), MGM 14800 (Evil Eye, BM!) NOW-Guy a Baba Sutton), Ranwood 1029 (Rodeo 37 7 I'LL GO TO MY GRAVE 72 3 WANTED MAN -Jerry Wallace (G. Cowboy, BMI) (N. Davenport), MGM 14809 LOVING YOU Statler Brothers - (Four Tay /Locomotive, BMI) 96 60 18 THERE I SAID IT-Margoge Smith (D. Reid), Mercury 73687 ( Phonogram) (American ' (M. Smith), 201h Century 2172 (Jidobi, BMI) Cowboy. BMI) 1 73 2 MEMORIES OF US- George Jones 91 YOU'RE MY RAINY DAY WOMAN -Eddy d 39 6 BOOGIE WOOGIE COUNTRY B. Kirby, G. Marlin), Epic 8-50127 (Columbia) (Tree, BMI) Raven MAN -Jerry Lee Lewis (1. Foster, B. Rice), ABC 12111 (Jack &Bill, ASCAP) (T. Seals), Mercury 73685 ( Phonogram) (Danor, BMI) 64 66 9 RED ROSES -Eddy knotd (R.C. Bennett, S. Tepper) MGM 14780 ASCAP) 98 IF I COULD HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY 32 31 9 BURNING THING -Mac Davis (Mills, 1=0 - Kenny (M. Davis. M. James), Columbia 110148 (Screen Serrat Gems-Columbia /Song Painter /Sweet Glory. BMI) 17 3 HERE I AM IN DALLAS -Enron Young (G Branson), Melodyland 6014 (Motown) (Contention, (L. Morris, R. Hughes, T. Ashmal), Mercury 73692 SESAC) 41 5 YOU NEVER EVEN CALLED ME BY MY (Phonogram) (Hank Williams Jr., BMI) NAME -David Allen Coe 99 HIJACK-Hank Snow 5 Frisson (J. S. Goodman), Columbia 3-10159 76 FALLING -lefty Cloe), RCA 10338 (Hank's, BMI) (Kama Rippe. ASCAP) (S.D. Shafer, A.L. "Doodle" Owens) ABC 12103 (Acuff- Rose /Hill & Range, BMI) 100 NEW ENTRY MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF -Tommy 34 13 13 THAT'S WHEN MY WOMAN Jennings 67 70 5 FROM THIS MOMENT (P. Huffman, 1. Keller), Paragon 102 (NSD) (Act One, BEGINS -Tommy Overstreet ON- George Morgan (B. Guitar). 4-Star 5-1009 (Four Tay, BM (J. Gillespie), ABC /Dot 17552 (Ricci Mareno, SESAC

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for Week Ending 8/2/75 6 Days To Shoot Hot 13 N Programs ATLANTA -The newly- syndi- cated "Nashville On The Road" Gantry LPs series, featuring Jerry Clower and < Copyright 1975. Billboard Publications, Inc. No part cf this publication may be reproduced, Jim Ed Brown, has finished the stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. shooting of 13 shows in six days at

Six Flags Over Georgia here. * Star Performer -LPs registering proportionate upward progress this week. Calling it unprecedented, the on- d was ÿU location videotaping completed 3 c in record time with a string of guests TITLE -Artist, _.,r. a w,nmer (Distributing Label) that included Barbi Benton, T.G. 1 15 BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS -Freddy ABC Shepard, "Crash" Craddock, Mickey Fender, /Dot DOSD 2020 Gilley, Jerry Reed and Diana Trask. 2 3 13 PHONE CALL FROM GOD -Jerry Jordan, MCA 473

Appearing as regulars on the 3 2 12 KEEP MOVIN' ON -Merle Haggard, Capitol ST 11365 show with Clower and Brown is Wendy Holcomb, a 12- year -old 4 5 6 TODAY -Elvis Presley, RCA API1 1039

banjo player. Each 30- minute pro- 5 6 5 FEELIN'S- Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty, MCA 2143 gram contains comedy and music. 7 EVERYTIME YOU TOUCH ME (I Get High) -Charlie Rich, Epic PE 33455 Talent for the Show Biz Produc- (Columbia) tion is coordinated by Tandy Rice of 8 MISTY -Ray BR Top Billing in Nashville. It will go Stevens, Barnaby 6012 (Chess /Janus)

on the air, primarily pre- sponsored, 9 7 RECONSIDER ME -Narvel Felts, ABC/Dot DOSO 2025 in nearly 100 markets next fall. 4 22 I'M JESSI COLTER -Jessi Colter, Capitol ST 11363

f'( 11 4 DREAMING MY DREAMS -Waylon Jennings, RCA APLI 1062

11 10 23 HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW -Olivia Newton -John, MCA 2133

12 12 Nashville 15 THE LAST FAREWELL & OTHER HITS -Roger Whittaker, RCA APL 10855

13 16 7 REDHEADED STRANGER-Willie Nelson, Columbia PC 33482

Scene 14 13 12 YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND -Don Williams, ABC/Dot DOSE) 2021 15 15 10 JUST GET UP AND CLOSE THE DOOR- Johnny Rodriquez, Mercury By BILL WILLIAMS SRM T1032 (Phonogram)

Many country entertainers are 16 18 22 AN EVENING WITH JOHN DENVER, RCA CPL20765 fortunate to have one bus. Little Jimmy Dempsey now has two W 26 4 LIVE IN PICAYUNE -Jerry Clower, MCA 486 However, they are Greyhounds. 18 19 21 OUT OF HAND -Gary Stewart, RCA APL 0900 dog-type animals rather than ve- hicles. Jimmy purchased them to be 19 21 5 MY KIND OF COUNTRY -Cal Smith, MCA 485 trained for racing.... Quietly things 20 23 14 MICKEY'S MOVIN' ON- Mickey Gilley, Playboy PB 405 are being done to help the family of the late George Morgan, and there 21 17 32 HEART LIKE A WHEEL -Linda Ronstadt, Capitol ST 11358

are more such activities to come... . 22 14 7 T.G. SHEPARD, Melodyland ME 401 S1 (Motown) The "Opry" now has moved to Sun- day matinees to help satisfy over- 23 27 21 BARROOMS TO BEDROOMS -David Wills, Epic KE 33353 (Columbia)

flow crowds. . . . The mother of 24 20 19 WOLF CREEK PASS -C.W. McCall, MGM M3G 4989 Stoney Cooper, in critical condition

in West Virginia, necessitated his ab- 31 5 ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL VOL. I -Earl Scruggs Revue, Columbia PC 33416 sence from a show. It was filled by 26 28 4 CHARLEY -Charley Pride, RCA APL 1o38 his two granddaughters, the children of Carolee. 27 22 11 STILL THINKIN' BOUT YOU -Billy Crash Craddock, ABC ABCD815 The Four Guys and the Oak Ridge 28 30 15 SMOKEY MOUNTAIN MEMORIES -Mel Street, GRT 8004 (Chess /Janus) Boys, two of the finest quartets in the

business, performed at the opening 29 25 20 BLANKET ON THE GROUND -Billie Jo Spears, United Artists 88.LÁ390 of the new massive arena in McMinnville, Tenn. ... Diane 30 34 54 BACK HOME AGAIN -John Denver, RCA CPU 0548 McCall may be getting ready to join 31 35 3 THE BEST OF MEL TILLIS- MCA24091 her brother (Darrell) on the Avco la- 32 29 bel.... The long- established Boots 20 FREDDIE HART'S GREATEST HITS, Capitol ST 11347 Randolph Club in Printer's Alley 33 24 11 TANYA TUCKER -MCA 21r, now becomes the Ronnie Prophet 34 38 2 ONCE UPON A RHYME -David Allen Coe, Columbia CC 33508 Club, while Boots is opening a place of his own just beyond the infamous 35 40 FOR THE LAST TIME -Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, United Artists RA. NE alley. Mrs. Margaret Hyde continues LA216 -12 to own the place. ... While Texas is 36 39 21 THE BARGAIN STORE -Dolly Parton, RCA APL 1.0950 n having a great resurgence in country 37 33 26 LINDA ON MY MIND -Conway Twitty, MCA 469 music, it's not the so- called Cosmic

38 32 5 I WROTE A IT Cowboys who are making the noise. SONG ABOUT -Tom T. Hall, Mercury SRM 1 1033 The biggest splashes have come 39 36 18 REUNION-B.J. Thomas, ARC ABOP 151 from the likes of Mickey Gilley and Freddie Fender. GREATEST HITS, Vol. 1 -Tommy Overstreet, ABC /Dot DOSE) 2027 Gunilla Hutton has signed with "MEW wes 41 43 3 WHAT TIME OF DAY -Billy Thunderkloud & The Chieftones, the William Morris Agency for rep- 20th Century 1 471 resentation for film, television and 42 45 CAN 6B? "... personal appearances. ... Singer 3 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF EDDY ARNOLD -MGM M3G 4992 Jerry Wallace, whose voice has often 43 37 19 PIECES OF SKY -Emmylou Harris, Reprise 0698 (warner Bros.) been mistaken for that of the late 44 50 2 SONGS OF LOVE -Jim Reeves, RCA APL1 1037 Nat King Cole, now will do an LP of "BEAUTIFUL Cole songs. ... Donna Fargo Day 45 47 2 IF YOU EVER CHANGE YOUR MIND -Ray Price, Columbia KC 33560 rained out in Fargo, N.D.... The 46 41 23 BACK TO THE COUNTRY- Loretta Lynn, MCA 471 Quinto Sisters, from New Jersey, are LOMB SONO back into country music, along with 47 FREDDY WELLER - ABC /Dot DOSO 2026 their mother. Bobby Lee Russell ... 48 49 4 HONEY ON HIS HANDS -Jeanne Pruett, MCA 479 MELODIES" is a jump ahead of the crowd. With his first release just out he has pur- 49 EDDIE RABBITT- Elektra CM3 a plane, a Cessna 310, and its chased 50 46 11 THE GUITARS OF SONNY JAMES -Sonny James, Columbia KC 3347 pilot, Mike Morris, for promotional I purposes around the country, aiding BUDIDAH RECORDS the IRDA distributors. ... MCA's Promotions of Nashville, chaired by der one roof in suburban Madison. Atlanta James, whose real name is Sonny Simmons. ... Tex Williams is playing the main Country Pleasure From The Buddah Group Mack Vickery, is one of a limited Ronnie Prophet's "Grand Ole room of the Landmark through Aug. * 4, number of artists to be a part of the Country" Canadian TV syndication 3, then off to Hawaii for three weeks. ,. - b, Swedish TV network country music has guesting on one show Tammy Appearing with him in Las Vegas documentary. ... Herb Pickard, Wynette, Dottie West, Boots Ran- are Johnny Duncan, Linda Hart, Te- onetime Chicago newsman who dolph and Floyd Cramer.... Mary ter & McDonald, Don White, Benny worked in Nashville with Buddy Lee, Reeves Davis has consolidated her Kubiak, and Skip Devol.... When now has become a part of Century II offices again, bringing everyone un- (Continued on page 47)

www.americanradiohistory.com CBS Records mourns the death of Lefty Frizzell, a long-time member of the CABS Records Family and one of the great country singers of all time.

www.americanradiohistory.com 46 (Published Once A Month) Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY for Week Ending 8/2/75 Gospel Billboard Rambos Prosper As They Best Selling LPs Shoped Copyright 1975, Billboard Publications, Inc. No parr of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical. Work Alone -Even Europe photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. NASHVILLE -Things have in auditoriums; the rest in large changed appreciably for the Ram - churches. o L Notres c.x --rv JnN bos since they decided to "go it The proof of their popularity lies First tenor Johnny Cook of the O TITLE, Artist, Label & Number alone" some months ago, bringing a at least partly in the fact that they Happy Goodman Family got unex- different sort of music to smaller have just finished recording their pectedly baptized on a fishing trip 6 14 JAMES CLEVELAND & SHIRLEY CAESAR masses. 40th album. The King And Queen Of Gospel. Hob HBX 2175 (Scepter) Dottie Rambo, perhaps one of the with Howard Goodman. He got car- Dottie is writing in different veins, ried away with a four -inch bluegill most gifted of all religious song- work 2 4 14 THE GOSPEL KEYNOTES all of them related today. Her on his line.... Vestel Goodman may Reach Out. Nashboro 7141 writers, her husband, Buck Rambo, has branched over from the tradi- and their daughter Reba (just mar- be the only female performer in gos- tional Southern gospel into the pel music who has her own personal 3 18 ANDRAE CROUCH & DISCIPLES ried) now play for all denomi- sweet, sacred sound. Elvis Presley Take Me Back. Light LS 5637 (Word /ABC) nations, mostly for youth organiza- hairdresser on hand for each con- recently cut one of her songs, as did cert. Lucille Wells has been with her tions, and they present gospel, George Hamilton IV. 4 2 73 HAROLD SMITH MAJESTICS country, blues, contemporary-every for 10 years. ... Jerry Jordan has James Cleveland Presents -Lord, Help Me To Hold Out. Savoy MG 14319 facet of this kind of music. Unlike most gospel groups, the signed a booking agreement with Mrs. Lola Hildreth of the Nashville 5 3 14 REVEREND MACEO WOODS & THE They are not a "stand up" quartet, Rambos carry their own sound equipment and engineer, assuring Gospel Talent Agency. He has the CHRISTIAN TABERNACLE CHOIR but a live, active group, and they Goodbye Lonliness, Hello Happiness, Gospel Truth GTS 3506 perform alone, uninhibited by other the audience of technical perfection successful recording, "Phone Call Willie Wynn the acts. Some 60 percent of their work is at each performance. The Rambos From God." ... and 6 5 26 SENSATIONAL NIGHTINGALES just completed 10 days in Holland, Tennesseans blend the talents of You & I Everyone. ABC /Peacock PLP 177 which included three television spe- Wynn with Elmer Cole, David Mad- cials, and next April, at the request dox and Virgil Wilson. Wayne 7 10 14 JAMES CLEVELAND 8 THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Goodmans Top of the government, they return there Woods is business manager for the COMMUNITY CHOIR To THe Glory Of God, Savoy MG 14360 for a month. At that time Scandi- group. Gospel Package navia and England will be tied in 8 7 77 ANDRAE CROUCH The 19th Sun -up At Hall, with the concerts. annual Shriner's Live Carnegie Light LS 5602 (Word /ABC) NASHVILLE -A special bicen- to Sun -down Gospel Singing Spec- bringing together While Reba now makes her home tennial roadshow tacular, one of several such shows 9 11 14 THE GOSPEL WORKSHOP OF AMERICA MASS CHOIR a leading country comic and the gos- in Huntington, W. Va., the family this summer, is scheduled at Way- Recorded Live In Cleveland, Ohio, Savoy DBL 7004 pel singing Happy Goodman Fam- can continue to work as a unit, per- cross, Ga., Aug. 30. Hovie Lister is ily will make its debut in January. forming 10 to 12 dates in a row, then 10 13 39 SEANSATIONAL NIGHTINGALES founder of the event. The bill this My Sisters And Brothers. ABC /Peacock PLP 59209 Plans were announced last week taking off for the rest of the month. year includes Wendy Bagwell & The by Top Billing, Inc., an agency here. The new concept is called the Sunliters; Jerry & the Singing Goffs, 11 9 73 JAMES CLEVELAND & THE VOICES OF TABERNACLE The package will be the first of its Rambo Evangelistic Outreach, and Willie Wynn, The Tennesseans, the God Has Smiled On Me. Savoy MG 14352 kind to come out of Nashville, with can cover a multitude of things. In Klaudt Indian Family, London Parris Jerry Clower as the comedian. Sweden, for example, Dottie Rambo & The Apostles, The Hemphills, The 12 8 31 JAMES CLEVELAND 8 THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA To be known as "The God & COMMUNITY CHOIR taped a special called "As Long As Thrashers, Hovie Lister and Dot In The Ghetto. Savoy MG 14322 Country Spectacular," it will be pro- One Bird Still Sings," a commentary Ott, the Tribunes, The Chuck Miller fessionally choreographed with spe- on freedom. Family, the Scenicland Quartet, the 13 12 31 SUPREME ANGELS cial lighting effects, custom -de- The Rambos' recording has all Glory Road Quartet, the Action Shame On You, Nashboro 7141 signed costumes, specially- designed been done for Heartwarming Rec- Players, and Sonny Simmons as mas- background sets, and "a unique 14 27 5 SOUL STIRRERS ords. ter of ceremonies Heritage, Jewel LPS sound system." 0086 Coordinator of the spectacular 15 1=1* SWANEE QUINTET will be Bob Bray, director of the gos- Ups And Downs, Creed 3062 (Nashboro) pel division of Top Billing. He com- `Education' Key To pares it to a "Holiday On Ice" type 16 17 91 JAMES CLEVELAND Give Me A Clean Heart, Savoy MG 14270 show, professionally executed, with "all the glitter and excitement of a Hi Fi Function 17 15 87 SENSATIONAL NIGHTINGALES Broadway opening night." It's Gonna Rain, ABC /Peacock PLP 175 Clower is an active Gideon and ALBION, Mich. -"Equipment get a lot of price resistance -but there's much we lay minister. He records for MCA, dealers like myself who are located not can do about 18 19 52 REVEREND ISAAC DOUGLAS WITH THE JOHNSON ENSEMBLE and makes more than 200 personal in small towns have a function not that. My talks with customers who The Harvest Is Plentiful, Creed 3056 (Nashboro) annually. The Happy only to sell equipment but also to are concerned about price indicate appearances 19 14 64 JAMES CLEVELAND WITH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Goodmans have been pioneers in educate a public that's used to listen- that something like a quad cassette TV set says Ed Cul- deck would really do something on COMMUNITY CHOIR gospel music for a quarter- century, ing to speakers," I'II Do His Will, Savoy MG 14284 and have their own syndicated tele- len, owner of Sounds on the River. the market. Not only would such a vision show. Cullen's shop, located in a pre- system make quad affordable to 20 20 5 VIOLINAIRES dominantly black community about many more people, but then even Presenting The Fantastic Violinaires, Jewel LPS 0096 80 miles west of Detroit, is four years more would have a chance to hear it what concept of 21 18 9 THE TWENTY -FIRST CENTURY SINGERS old, though he has owned and oper- and discover the The Storm Is Passing Over. Creed 3060 (Nashboro) Emily Bradshaw ated it for only the past year. He is quad is. sticking it out with a clientele that is "The way to push quad to skepti- 22 24 9 THE ANGELIC GOSPEL SINGERS Exits NARAS not receptive to quad and which is cal customers is to point out the fea- I'm Bound For Mt 71mi Nashboro 7150 NASHVILLE -Emily Bradshaw, really just catching up with stereo. ture on quad receivers that allows for eight years the executive director is a wealthy town," to switch between the 23 21 44 MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY "Albion not the consumer It's Time, ABC /Dunhill 050 50177 of NARAS here, has resigned her Cullen says, "and for my customers various quad systems. That way if post to devote nearly full time to my shop is their first real contact the industry makes one system the 24 31 5 INEZ ANDREWS Vineyard, a "ministry" from Winter with hi fi. A lot of people, and I think standard in later years, the customer This Is Not The First Time I "ve Lost, ABC /Songbird SBLP 259 Haven, Fla., active in everything this is true in many places around won't lose out." from recording to publishing to learning the dif- 25 26 64 SAM COOKE WITH THE SOUL STIRRERS the country, are just The Gospel Soul Of, Vol. 1, Specialty SPS 2116 bookstores. ference between a ceramic and mag- Her only secular work in the fu- netic cartridge. Stereo hasn't even 26 22 26 N.Y.C. COMMUNITY CHOIR ture will be to continue for the time saturated such areas of the country Great Is Thy Faithfulness, Savoy MG 14337 being as American Representative yet. 27 30 14 DOROTHY LOVE COATES & HER SINGERS for Mervyn Conn of London, who "My store is small but I'm pushing When It's All Over, Nashboro 1138 annually promotes the International a quad system -Kenwood 8340 re- Country Music Festival. ceiver, JBL 26 two -way speakers and 28 28 5 NIKKI GIOVANNI

I 4201 (Atlantic) Vineyard is actively involved in a 1229 Dual turntable. I must show it The Way Feel, Niktom NI( Christian concerts, workshops, semi- off three times a day but haven't sold 29 23 52 SHIRLEY CAESAR WITH CAESAR SINGERS 8 THE nars and crusades. An accomplished one since March; however, I did sell VOICES OF THE WHITE ROCK BAPTIST CHOIR vocalist, Ms. Bradshaw has been ap- half a dozen such outfits between *Denial Reign, Hob HBO 2170 (Scepter) pearing in concerts on weekends for Christmas and March. a number of months while contin- "If I had to live on quad sales I'd 30 WILLIAMS BROTHERS What's Wrong With People Today, ABC /Songbird uing her NARAS work. be panhandling. Quad is by no SBLP 248

With Vineyard, she not only will means dead, though, and I'm not 31 RANCE ALLEN GROUP do her concert work and crusades, ready to push it under a rug. I really A Soulful Experience, Gospel Truth GTS 4207 but will take part in a television want to get it moving." series the group plans to tape here in Cullen believes that a lot of the Finetone photo 32 32 9 PILGRIM JUBILEES Crying Won't Help. ABC/Peacock 59216 August and September. public's uncertainty about quad was NEW DEALER -Shelby Horowitz of

Formerly associated with WSM, generated by ad men and the media Harmony Hut, Wayne, N.J., not 33 33 5 PEOPLE'S CHOIR OF OPERATION PUSH she set up her own public relations (saying, for example, that CD -4 is only won CES grand prize (AM /FM Gospel Truth GTS 2716 firm, and then took over the better than SQ). On the whole, his 8 -track recorder system) from Fine - NARAS operation. Now, with the customers don't understand quad, stone Distributors, but also be- 34 EAST ST. LOUIS GOSPELETTES m=0 Is A Jesus Affair, Nashboro 7152 Vineyard operation, she will spend and may of them are worried with- came one of firm's newest dealers

nearly full time in her religious out reason in most cases, he feels. for its own record /tape accessory 35 29 18 REV. W. LEO. DANIELS work. A successor has not yet been His suggestions for selling it? line. Len and Harriet Finkel made Answer To Watergate, Jewel LPS 0100 named. "Well, price is always a problem -I presentation.

www.americanradiohistory.com Couthy 47 Nashville Scene Continued from page 44 their national publicity and promo- The Memphis group formerly ing his songwriting.... Guy Drake, albums set for release in August, in- tion.... Charlie Rich is off to Europe known as Wolfman and the Pack who had a one -time hit some years cluding one each by Lonzo and Os- the Palomino Club in North Holly- for a tour, following a lengthy per- now is known as Wolfpack. ... back, is re- entering the recording car and Moe Bandy. ... Sonny wood wanted to book in Kenny Ser- formance at Theatre In The Round Songwriter Dick Feller has turned to business, this time under the guid- James is booked solidly through the ratt, it took some doing. He was fi- in Owings Mills, Md. self-hypnosis as a means of improv- ance of John Denny.... GRC has six fair season. nally found baling hay and cutting logs on his father's farm in Trout Creek, Mont. He'll appear with T.G. Sheppard. Bob Hope, Redd Foxx, Jerry Lewis and Mickey Rooney are among those who will play in the first Roy Clark Celebrity Golf Clasic in Tulsa in September, with pro- ceeds going to the Children's Medi- cal Center.... Plans are underway for the second annual Western Heri- tage Days Country Music Show Aug. 12 at Bristow, Okla. Head- lining the show will be Nancy Jo Garton. ... Jerry Lee Lewis, after playing Gold Buffet in Kansas City, returned for an engagement in Nashville, where he is spending con- IVSM's siderable time as of late. ... Larry Gatlin swears he didn't know he was to make his debut appearance on the "Tonight" Show until he heard GRAND OLE Ot'RY Johnny Carson announce his guest lineup for the following night, and he was among them. ... Dennis Linde has signed an exclusive con- tract with Monument Records. He's Golden Anniversary Special also an outstanding songwriter and producer, and a musician. ... Kris Kristofferson changed the name of That's right! Billboard takes great pride in highlighting WSM and The Grand Ole Opry's historical 50 years his single from `Easy" to "Easy, of country music entertainment. There will be in depth editorial covering all aspects of WSM and the Opry Come On" after Troy Seals put out a record on Columbia titled "Easy." from their inception- through their growth -and up to their unlimited future. All of its people (administra- . A memorial show was held for a tive as well as artists and musicians), past and present, will be covered. Articles will touch on many of the truck driver shot down aiding the its history. Undoubtedly, WSM and the Opry Nevada Highway Patrol on Memo- nostalgic but little known events that have shaped dramatic rial Day in Las Vegas. Artists such as have touched the lives and careers of numerous individuals in the country music industry over this Wynn Stewart, Merle Kilgore, Red exciting 50 year period. Now's your chance to be part of this dynamic, history-laden package. This is your Simpson, Jimmy Rogers, Bill Calla- special han, Dale Noa, Laramie Jordan, Tex chance to salute this famous country music institution. Participate in this exclusive and nostalgic Williams, Johnny Tillotson, Larry with your personal message of congratulations. Don't delay and be left out, contact your nearest Billboard Scott, the Pony Express, Stuart representative today. Hamblin, Lori Smith and others raised $53,000 for the widow. Mel Tillis filled in for Roy Clark at Warwick, R.I. during Roy's ill- ness, and drew huge crowds.... The Statler Brothers have retained Mike Marx, formerly with Hansen & Schwam Public Relations, to handle Country Music For N.J. Complex JACKSON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Great Adventure, the giant amuse- ment complex, will offer a new ma- jor feature in a "Great Country and Western Weekend" with top country stars presented in concert. The shows will be included with the regular admission charge and the headliners will present two eve- ning shows on Saturday and Sun- day. For the opening weekend (July 26 -27), Great Adventure offers Donna Fargo, Jonny Rodriquez and Tom T. Hall.

`Zook' In Fall London Opening LOS ANGELES -The sage musi- cal "Zook" scored by Mel Marmor- stein, Mel Mandel and Norman Sachs is set to open in London in Oc- tober. The Weintraub /Heller produc- tion concerns a vampire who wants to become human. Mandel and Sachs have completed the score for the Warner Bros. film "Nicholas ISSUE DATE: AUG. 30 AD DEADLINE: AUG. 15 Jingle" and working on a musical "Journey"

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www.americanradiohistory.com 48 International Modugno, Of `Volare' Fame, Back With New French Hit MILAN -Domenico Modugno, til two years ago, to just 18 million together with the general economic originally world -known as hit - last year. In a parallel sense, sales of recession. maker on "Volare," has sold more each single have never reached the For instance, Celantano's "Sei than 700,000 copies of an Italian peaks of Bobby Solo's 1964 hit "Una Bellissima," or "You're Beautiful," version of a French hit here in just a Lacrima Sul Viso," or "A Tear On has sold over 300,000 copies and, ac- few weeks. Her Face" with 1.7 million copies; cording to a Ricordi spokesman the The original hit was by Claude Paul Anka's "Ogni Volta," or "Every trend is continuing. A new example Francois, and called "Le Telefon Time," with 1.5 million, or Little is Mal's revival of an old Italian fa- Pleure," with the Italian version be- Tony's "Cuore Matto," or "Crazy vorite made famous in the 1930s by coming "Mange Il Telefono," or in Heart," a 1968 hit which sold over Vittorio de Sica, "Parlami d'Amore English "The Telephone Cried." one million copies. Mariu," or "Speak To Me Of Love It is Modugno's first recording Over the past few years, even win- Maria," which has sold 400,000 since he left RCA to go with Caro - ning songs at the San Remo Festival copies in only a few weeks. sello-Curci and has started what have sold less than 100,000 copies But the same spokesman denies í. c might be called a tearjerker trend in each. that the singles sales are at the ex- PIE SIGNING -Siggi Wagner (center), a &r chief of Deutsche Grammophon, Italian singles. But Modugno's new hit may be pense of album sales, which con- has signed a long -term contract with German group Randie Pie. Group's first The recording is a phone conver- part of a wider trend, and not just tinue to be strong. He believes the success was with "Highway Driver," and a second single, "I Am The Joker," sation between a five- year -old girl, because of its popular appeal. The 45s increase is simply a "spon- is out in September. Randie Pie tours the U.K. and U.S. in the fall under the interpreted by Francesca Gua- last six months of 1974 showed a taneous revival." The only notable management of Ira Blaker. dagno, and her father, whom she has small but steady increase in the sales drop, he adds, has been in tape sales, never seen and whose existence she of singles, believed by some to be which can be attributed to the au- ignores. The recording, a chart -top- due to the price increase of albums, tomobile crisis. per for weeks, has become so popu- From The Music CapiIaIs lar and had such widespread radio and television exposure, including a Godin's Right On! Label Modugno-Guadagno performance Of The World at the UNICEF Gala at San Remo LONDON Britain luncheon to honor Vera earlier this year, that a film based on Licensing Deal With Pye LONDON with New Wombles single, written and Lynn, onetime singing favourite of the recording is being made, starring -Soul and blues spe- and became a leading writer the recording artists. cialist Dave Godin has licensed his magazine Blues And Soul. Lon- produced by Mike Batt as usual, is the World War II era and now a the On! label to Pye, the first "Superwomble," which has Well- Dame of the British Empire in the In what has been termed by the Right and don -born, he now lives in Lincoln. Italian press as releases, on Aug. 8, will be is a close ington Womble dreaming that he Queen's Birthday Honors List. ... "an answer to Mo- "Your His partner in Right On! dugno," Giulietta Masina, well -known Autumn Of Tomorrow" by the Billingham. Peter becomes Superwomble and starts a Maria Callas agreed to return to friend, Alfred wife Federico Crow and "You Don't Mean Me No clean -up campaign in New York Royal Opera House here for one actress and of Fellini, Prince is to oversee the Right On! City.... Phonogram here marketing performance only next May, as part has just made her first record for Good" by the Jelly Beans. operation, making it in essence a BASF -Sasea, "Non Voglio Niente," The deal was settled between Go- four-man team. the original -cast album of new all - of farewell production for Tito Want din and Pye creative director Peter will black musical "KuaZulu," which Gobbi.... Permanent home for Walt or "I Don't Anything," Italian Godin says: "Right On! ben- version Prince, long -time colleagues, opened last week at the New The- Disney product at the Odeon, St. of "No Charge." and efit from its unique structuring. Like ater, Drury Lane. Martin's Lane here, which opened This recording is a dialog between Don Dive has been appointed label so many U.S. soul labels, production a mother and her son in which, after manager for the series which will will be taken by Decca on a big sales campaign for with The Lady And The Tramp. and music decisions a for payment for having have its own label identity, with spe- all totally involved four in the "World Of" series, spot- David Hentschel, demand a group of people certain household cial black bags for each single. music. Once lighting the "World of Klaus Wun- signing on synthesizer for Ringo O' performed chores and committed to soul on the part of the son, the mother Godin's label is being registered decision is taken, then the sup- derlich Hits," "World Of Easy Lis- Records, has complete first sound- that in the has Bill Downs a of tening Favorites," "World Of The track score for Warner movie "Seven lists all the things she has done for U.S.and as porting back -up of company him, without New York -based coordinator who is pressing, Yetties," and "Hit- making World of Men At Daybreak." ... 10cc drum- during his lifetime- Pye's stature in terms of charge. to act as link man and merchandis- and organisational skill Blue Mink." ... Pye has signed the mer Kevin Godley new owner of distribution The record, produced by Carlo ing scout. Downs, discoverer of important. Orchestra of St. John's Church, space -age house previously owned becomes equally and Angelo Piccareta, will also be many soul acts including the Ad is that Right On! has Smith Square, London, and its con- by Who drummer Keith Moon. ... "The belief recorded in German and Spanish by Libs and Chris Bartley, and Godin the best of both worlds and only that ductor John Lubbock, who is also New Sweet single "Action" instant Masina. The youngster have known each other for many is enough for soul music." one of the Swingle Singers, with a top twenty hit. ... Send -up comic Giuletta good years. debut album for November of music performance by John Bird on Trans- with her on the disk is six -year -old The product plan for Right On! is by Elgar and Michael Tippett. atlantic album "The Collected Franco Tolli, discovered in a Milan The whole recording to release between 12 and 15 singles Island band Bad Company to Broadcasts of Idi Amin," strong boys' choir. op- New Label eration was supervised by Alfonso each year. No albums are as yet headline the opening concert of a enough to really upset the Ugandan Ponzoni, a &r chief for BASF -Sasea. planned. three -day to be held in leader. PETER JONES It is too early to judge audience re- Right On! was conceived by Go- Is Backed the ancient Roman amphitheater at PARIS action to the just -released Masina din as a soul -blues project and he Orange, in the Provence region of its recording but sales of the Modugno took the idea to Prince because they France starting Aug. 15. ... Big Pathe- Marconi has renewed By Brewery have caused great interest in the had met professionally in early days Bronze Records local radio competi- contract with the French composer disk LONDON -A new record label industry here, because top sales of of Tamla /Motown promotion work tion as promotion for the new Man- Charles Dumont, who wrote "Con- has been launched by London any single over the past few years in the U.K. Prince called in Godin to fred Mann Earth Band single "Spir- certo Pour Une Chanson." ... Police Tunesmiths. The label, Birdsnest, is have been no more than 300,000. Pye on an advisory basis for a soul its In The Night," involving release here arrested Patrick Sartori, al- unusual in that it has the backing of In fact, sales of singles in Italy project earlier this year. of balloons carrying prize -tag tick- leged to have thrown a "Molotov the Watney Mann brewery giant have dropped from an average 35 Godin first involved himself with ets. cocktail" at singer Johnny Hallyday, and guaranteed promotion of both million annually for the industry un- the black U.S. music scene in 1952 Hamilton Bohannon, with two hit who was not hurt. records and artists in over 2,000 singles in the charts now, starts his A 12- year -old Australian violinist, venues, public houses and disco- figures 26th Fes- first -ever British tour with a nine- Jane Peters, at the theques, owned by the brewery com- tival of Chamber Music to be held at plex. piece U.S. backing band Aug. 18... . joining Wishbone Ash at Menton from Aug. 3 -29, and Dizzy WEA -Italiana To Launch The name and logo belong to top of Reading Festival bill for Aug. Gillespie is giving a special concert Watney Mann but London Tune - 24. ... Country star George Jones there on August 11.... Disques Mo- a Budget Label smiths believes it will get new artists visiting U.K. for concert dates start- tors has signed up new French group Charter, off to a flying start. The first two sin- ing September 11.... And a long Eventual, whose first album will be MILAN -Giuseppe Velona, man- performed by big names, will be gles here are "You Can Sing With British tour for David Essex, also released later this year. aging director and general manager available at attractive prices. The Band" by Taragon and "Give The Editions Labrador will starting mid -September, includes of the newly- created WEA -Italiana, Economy series here have gener- Yourself A Chance," by Agnes handle the U.K. writer Tony Macau - with five dates at London's Ham- has announced a new budget -line ally found major sales outlets in de- Strange, an album by the latter lay's catalog for France.... Lab- mersmith Odeon. series called Charter will be on the partment stores where they could be artist to be released on September rador- Francis Dreyfus Editions have in Italy starting September. 12. Very good reviews for Warner market sold at the intended original low signed to handle Ayachi Music, name was expressly Initially releases will be geared to Bros. artist Maria Muldaur for her The Charter price while it has usually been a whose top star is Japanese singer to bring to mind charter the disco market. Birdsnest is dis- opening at Ronnie Scott's jazz club chosen practice of smaller retail outlets to Kenji Sanada. ... Disque Motors to which are quality, but at a tributed by Pye and administered by here. ... Though little chart action flights raise the price and pay little atten- handle world sales of the Chou Chou reasonable price. In fact, retail price Southern Music and Spark. Manag- here these days, Jackson 5 expected tion to the product. Combo group and has just released the new series will be $4.87, in- ing London Tunesmiths is Dave in for a series of U.K. dates in No- of its first single "El Thou Tchou" ... cluding tax, while a normal series However, a preliminary survey Travis, who is responsible for find- vember. ... Chris Farlowe, chart- Veteran Eddie Constantine has costs from $6.50- $7.30, including carried out by WEA showed a great ing artists, material, writers, produc- topper with "Out Of Time" in 1966, strengthened his comeback with an- tax. interest on the part of retailers in the ers and other creative talent. He is a planning big comeback via an al- other Polydor disk called "Hit Pa- Though there have been budget Charter series and WEA has already performer in his own right and has a bum and on -tour group including rade," and has also published his the past, which ranged programmed a widespread promo- single, "Angela Jones," out on the guitarist Albert Lee and singers lines here in first novel, which deals with horse in price from $2.43 -$4.05, they were tional campaign for posters and in Spark label. Bell and Joanne Williams. racing. usually re- releases of recordings music magazines, giving promi- Third artist signed is Jackie Cha- Paul Simon and Stephen Stills U.K. group the Rubettes toured made years ago by name artists or nence to the $4.86 price. lennor, with six other singles in the both due for concerts in U.K., prob- France through July. ... Polydor to more recent recordings of lesser- Says Velona: "We want to bring a pipeline and it is intended that ini- ably November, suggesting further distribute Kursaal Flyers and First known artists. certain kind of repertoire to a certain tially the label expands to six con- build -up of live -show scene even Class, formerly handled through For the first time, through the public which, till now, has remained tract artists and three additional acts while disk sales hover uncertainly. Decca. ... Pathe- Marconi has re- Charter series, international r &b, unavailable to them for both cul- through external production agree- ... Special Variety Club of Great (Continued on page 50) contemporary jazz and pop music, tural and economic reasons." ments.

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www.americanradiohistory.com 50 Conodo Leonard Pub Quality Shuffles Execs From The Music Copitols Distrib Deal In Wide Reorganization TORONTO -Robert E. Day, the the overseeing of the newly acquired Of The World TORONTO -The Hal Leonard chairman of the board of Quality Target Tape retail operation. Continued front page 48 County Hotel to promote new sin- Publishing Corp. has made arrange- Records, has announced a reorgani- Ronald P. Gardner, former plant gles and albums, six acts appear- leased a Luis Mariano collection of ments with Canadian Music Sales, zation of the company's executives manager of Quality's record and ing -the Swarbriggs, Cahir three albums and a 24-page booklet Toronto and Pacific Musical Whole- with the following appointments tape manufacturing operation, has O'Doherty and the Dazzle Band, including 95 photographs in sale Supply Ltd., Vancouver, for and promotions being made. been appointed to the position of Aileach, Ireland's Brotherly Love, memory of the operetta singer who those companies to handle Cana- George Struth, the former vice vice president in charge of manufac- Sandie Jones and the Consort of St. died five years ago. dian import and product distribu- president and managing director of turing. Sepulchre. The 23rd International Festival of tion. the company, has been promoted to Louis (Lee) W. Farley, formerly Polydor Ireland launched the al- Musical Films and Dancing to be All current Hal Leonard music the office of president. Struth is cur- national promotion manager for bum "The Band Of An Garda Sio- held at Besancon in France from catalogs, brochures and literature rently president of the Canadian Quality, has been appointed to the chana," a police band, at the Garda Sept. 4- 14. Vogue has released will be distributed through these Recording Industry Assn., a director position of vice president in charge ... Club, with the band there to play firms and Canadian customers of of the Canadian Academy of of merchandising. four "rock" cassettes under the title requests.... Garda Band conductor "The Mad Years Of Rock." Hal Leonard are asked to contact Recording Arts and Sciences and a Day indicates that these recent ap- is Inspector Thomas J. Boyle, whose HENRY KAHN these companies. member of the CRIA Values For pointments come as a result of Qual- many arrangements include "Irish Art Jenson, vice president of the Duty Committee. ity's executive officers' continual ef- Festival," "Three Flowers," and Hal Leonard Publishing Corpora- Howard J. Hayman, formerly vice forts to expand and diversify their MILAN "The Belfast Hornpipe," on the al- tion, comments, "Our direct and president and secretary- treasurer of basis of operation in all related areas RCA in the middle of a promotion bum and which were first performed centralized distributing arrange- Quality Records, has been ap- of the phonograph record industry, campaign for "Soul Explosion" han- at the Royal Dublin Society concert ments with Canadian Music Sales pointed to the position of vice presi- the most recent of which are the de- dled by Francesco Fanti and Carlo hall earlier this year and dedicated and Pacific Musical Wholesale Sup- dent in charge of finance. velopment of the Quality Music and Basile, with window displays, plus to the President of Ireland Cearbhail ply should expedite customs clear- Jack Vermeer, former national Shediack publishing catalogues, the special operations for discotheques. O'Dalaigh. ... The band's singer is ance on shipments, and prevent un- sales manager of the company, has entry in the retail field through the Maurizio Gollla has left Fonit- John Roche, featured on several al- necessary delays or sales loss by been appointed to the position of Target Tapes and Records outlets Cetra's foreign sales office where he bum tracks, including "The Isle Of assuring prompt receipt of even the vice president in charge of market- and expansion of their Canadian was director, to go into retirement, Innisfree," which was composed by smallest orders." ing. His new duties will encompass recording productions. and has been replaced by Dante Sergeant Richard Farrelly. Notti, who will also hold the post of Polydor issued "Golden Hour assistant sales director. Presents Irish Showband Hits," the WEA soon to publish the single 23 tracks, originally from 1964 -68, "Paloma Blanca" by the George include "Little Arrows," (Brendan Cap To Build Baker Selection, already a hit in O'Brien and the Dixies): "My Wed- Germany, Holland and Belgium, ding Dress," by Eileen Reid and the and Italian WEA believes it to be a Cadets; "The Answer To Every- . Disk Plant In summer -season potential hit. ... thing," by Joe Dolan and the Drif- COMING .. Gastone Razzi, previously RCA's ters; "We Could," by Sonny press office chief, has moved to the Knowles and the Pacific; "Simon Ontario Area Rome promotion office of CBS Says" (Dickie Rock and the Miami); Sugar.... EMI started series of pro - and two Eurovision entries, "If I MALTON, ONT.- Capitol Rec- 'motional operations for "La Ba- Could Choose" (Sean Dunphy) and ords -EMI of Canada Ltd. have langa," by Bimbo Jet and Jose Au- "Walking The Streets In The Rain" BILLBOARD'S completed plans to begin the build- gusto's "Candilejas" with promotion (Butch Moore and the Capitol). ing of a disk manufacturing plant on boss Danilo Giotti handling the Hank Locklin, Ray Lynam, Philo - the site of the company's head office campaign. mena Begley and the Hillbillies are and national distribution center. "Agora," an album recorded live to appear in concert for Shannon 5th ANNUAL The announcement came from in July at Montreux to be published Distribution in the U,K, and Ireland Arnold Gosewich, the company's simultaneously in Italy by WEA in September. Michael Clerkin of president, who has headed the Ca- Italiana and in the U.K. by WEA on Release Records says: "The idea is nadian division of Capitol Records Atlantic. ... Mario Gabelli has re- to try and introduce Ray and Phil to for the last five years. "The multimil- placed Franco Paradiso as Phono - a wider audience in Britain outside lion -dollar addition to our existing SPOTLIGHT gram's sales office chief. ... Mau - the Irish Circuit. And Locklin has tape manufacturing facility had rizio d'Argento recently named never done a concert tour of the been under serious consideration for secretary to the general management U.K." KEN STEWART some time," states Gosewich, "Capi- of Fonit- Cetra. ... Giuseppe Gian- tol's position in the Canadian mar- nini, CBS -Sugar central general TOKYO ON ket has grown at a successfully accel- manager, nominated to represent At long last, the first performance erated rate and with all long -term Italy on the consultative committee tour of Japan by James Last & His indicators being positive, the instal- at the Musexpo '75, to be held in Las Orchestra is about to become a real- lation of a disc manufacturing plant Vegas. ... Romeo Frumento, for- ity, with five concert dates fixed dur- for our own requirements is a natu- CANADA merly in charge of special channels ing the first and third weeks of Sep- ral progression of the company's for Ariston, has moved to Spark as tember. To commemorate the strong and growing involvement in co- ordinator of distribution. scheduled tour, Polydor K.K. has re- the economy of our country." RCA has recently taken over dis- leased the European group's "Non- Capitol's record plant will make tribution of the Hello and Storm la- stop Dancing 1965 -1970" Volumes I use of fully- automated presses for 7- "A TOTAL MUSIC INDUSTRY" bels, Hello being part of the Rondi- and II at the retail price of $7.80 inch and 12 -inch disks and will uti- nella publishing group; Storm is each. Back by Gen -ichi Kawa- lize the most modern equipment in ... part of the Sviluppo Discografico kami, president of the Yamaha Mu- the full manufacturing process. del Mezzogiorno. sic Foundation, RCA recording art- It is expected that the plant will VIP Management, of Rome, pub- ist Yuki Katsuragi is preparing for become operational within 15 to 18 lic relations company, has reorga- performance as a guest months. her first U.S. nized the staff, with Claudio Tallino star of the Second American Song new management chief, Nicoletta (Continued on page 52) Robert press chief, Leopoldo Napol- SEPTEMBER 20 ISSUE Artist Forms eone head of radio and tv promo- tion. The company currently han- AD DEADLINE: AUGUST 29 Country Label dles promotional activities for a number of important record com- Pop Chart (IN LA) OAKVILLE, Ont. -Lloyd Phin- panies, including CBS, RCA, Caro - ney, a former RCA recording artist, sello and Aris. Of Quebec has formed a country label, Miway Ducale, of Milan, Italian distribu- Records. Phinney had a record out tors of Arion, has been chosen to MONTREAL -A bimonthly about three years ago on RCA, press Anon records for Teldec of chart which lists the best- selling "Come On Home." Germany, and the partent company, French-language record product in The first release on the label is a Arion of France. Ducale pressing the province of Quebec has been set EDITORIAL COORDINATION single by Phinney himself entitled standards have been accepted for up under the auspices of the Assn. "Country On the Rocks" backed by Teldec's classical music catalog. Du- Quebecoise des Producteurs de MARTY MELHUISH (416) 690 -0512 "Part Of Me And You." Prominent cale recently started operation of Disques Inc. (the Quebec Record 16 NEVILLE PARK BLVD., SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO country musicians featured on the new pressing plants produced by the Manufacturers Assn.) and the Min - sessions included John Stockfish, Lened International Corporation of estrie des Affaires Culturelles (the Red Shea and Peewee Charles, New Jersey, and they use vinyl im- Ministry of Culture for the province ADVERTISING COORDINATION members of Gordon Lightfoot's ported from Saint Gobain of of Quebec). back -up band. France. GERMANO RUSCITTO The chart, which will be called Le STEVE LAPPIN (213) 273 -7040 The single is set for release on Palmares Le Quebecoise, will list the Aug. 15 and prior to that Phinney top 50 singles as well as the top 30 al- 9000 SUNSET BLVD., LOS ANGELES, CA 90069 will do a personal promotion tour in DUBLIN bums and will be compiled by an in- the Maritimes. EMI Ireland gave a reception this dependent audit firm who will base The affiliated publishing com- week, "Summer Spectacular," at their findings on a mixture of retail pany is Valley Music (BMI). Biba's cabaret venue in the South sales and radio airplay.

www.americanradiohistory.com Capitol Atip Canada AUGUST 2, 1975 WHEN IT'S HOT WELCOME BOB SEGER Bob Seger's star has been on the tightest I've ever seen," said one rise for more than ten years now. Walrus reporter. calls With his eighth album "Beautiful the album "his most consistent ef- Loser" just out, and some months fort, a deft balance of chugging on the road with Bachman -Turner rockers and striking, reflective H Overdrive behind him, the weight of With LP, he de- WE'REThis year at demos have all the numbers. this fine Capitol Canada the turned out so well that perpenny, Jessi Colter and industry's traditional summer it seems safe to predict that a sec- other winners in the Capitol arse- critical praise is building behind the serves his long delayed recogni- hiatus has passed us by with a ven- ond Peter Donato album will not be nal. Meanwhile, Helen Reddy, Glen Heavy Music man from Detroit. tion- now." The British music geance. The various Capitol teams too long in the making. Campbell and Barry Manilow are In 1968, four years into his ca- weekly, Sounds, has also made Se- have been working at peak effi- Bill Bannon's promotion people now posed and ready to step into reer, Seger scored a major hit with ciency in blatant disregard for the are enjoying a hot season in more the breach, maintaining Capitol's "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man "; but Celsius heatwaves and economic ways than one turning A &R's out- giant share of Canadian playlists. later and better follow -up singles chills outside. put into a bumper crop of hits. At the heart of our high spirits went largely unheard except in Paul White's A &R department America's Midwest. "East Side has distinguished itself again by Story," "Persecution Smith," bringing two important talents into "Heavy Music," "Lookin' Back" the Capitol family: Sylvia Tyson, and "2 plus 2" were all Top Ten hits whose first album is already attract- in the Detroit area and in the collec- ing the spotlight attention it de- tions of serious rockphiles, but the serves, and Peter Foldy, who is fly- holy grail of widespread popularity ing to Los Angeles this month to managed to elude him. Bob Seger record more material towards his rocked on, playing 260 days out of first Capitol LP. the year at clubs and small con- Other artists in other studios are certs, putting out albums like busy creating the hits of tomorrow "Mongrel," "Smokin' O.P.'s' and under -A&R's paternal wing -the "Seven" for the refreshment of new, high- energy Copperpenny are rock writers, and all the time de- reportedly finished recording a dy- manding more attention than he namic new album with producer received. Harry Hinde, while their "Good This time out, Seger is on a win- Time Sally" single has just been re- ning ride. The BTO tour has ger something of a cause celebre in leased into the slipstream of their brought him and his Silver Bullet its pages: "this is the goods, and Canadian hit version of "Disco Band within sight of the mass au- nothing but. Eight albums into his Queen." dience, and he is ready to take ad- career Bob Seger has come up with The Juno Awards' most promis- vantage. a majestic performance that is pos- ing Suzanne Stevens was in To- "Beautiful Loser," the title track sibly his best yet, and what pre- ronto's Phase One Studios last on the new LP, is not autobiographi- ceded it takes some beating. month, with Milan Kymlicka at the cal: "The character is a person who Don't miss the opportunity to see helm, to record some new English could have his own identity, but a great rock 'n' roll singer when he language tracks. Paul White was doesn't because he doesn't strive comes your way. Bob Seger is ap- more than happy with the results, Suzanne Stevens took time out from her Toronto recording sessions on July for it. I strive pretty hard." And with pearing with BTO in Regina, Hali- but was heard complaining (!) that 15th to catch Arista's Peter Nero in concert at the Ontario Place Forum. They this album and the tour, Seger is fi- fax, Moncton, St. John, Montreal, Suzanne had recorded "nothing are pictured together after the show. nally achieving -"The hit for me Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Ed- but A- sides," and promptly ar- was Bob Seger. The band was the monton and Winnipeg. ranged further sessions to find the Among them, one outstanding ex- this summer, though, is the fact appropriate flipsongs. ample of perseverance -Pilot's that we are playing host to an un- In yet another studio, Peter Do- "Magic" was released into the void usually large number of Capitol acts way back in December, with little re- nato has been allowed a free hand across the country. Artist Relations MERLE HAGGARD TOUR action at all except at Saskatoon's in recording demos of some of his Manager, Graham Thorpe, faces a The King of Country Music, Merle the time of writing, Merle's 31st al- farsighted CKOM, who charted the new songs. With guitarist Michael full calendar starting with Doctor Haggard, is all set to tour Canada bum "Keep Movin' On" and the single and took it to Number One a Heydon, Peter produced himself on with dates confirmed starting in single from it are both taking turns full six months before it really Hook's four day visit to Toronto at a couple of tracks assisted by London, Ontario on August 30th. At at the Number One spot on their re- caught on. Now, of course, "Magic" the end of July, and happily the end Manta's David Greene, and the spective country charts, adding to is right up there with Wings, Cop- is nowhere in sight. an uninterrupted string of hits that have assured his place in history since he achieved superstar status Best Sellers At Capitol with his song "Okie From Mus- kogee" in 1970. Albums That song, and the album of the 1. Venus & Mars (Paul McCartney & Wings) same name, were the Academy of 2. Dark Side Of The Moon () Country & Western Music's Best 3. Spirit Of America (Beach Boys) Single and Best Album of 1970, 4. Beatles '66 -'70 (Beatles) and Merle has won countless coun- 5. Endless Summer (Beach Boys) try music awards since then. His 6. No Way To Treat A Lady (Helen Reddy) honest and direct lyrics speak to 7. Band On The Run (Paul McCartney & Wings) people across generations, and his 8. Bimbo Jet (Bimbo Jet) personal history that has taken him 9. Woman's World (Sylvia Tyson) from a spell in San Quentin prison 10. Beau Dommage (Beau Dommage) to the front cover of Time Magazine has a moral for the millions of whom he is a true folk In her first major appearances Singles people to hero. here since her three night sellout at 1. Magic (Pilot) Discs & Dates Hamilton Place in January, Anne 2. Listen To What The Man Said (Paul McCartney & Wings) Sylvia Tyson's "Woman's World" Earlier this year, Merle made an impressive Murray is undertaking a short tour 3. I'm Not Lisa (Jessi Colter) is now to be released in Japan as debut as an actor with his portrayal of Duke in ABC -TV's of Western Canada climaxing at the 4. When Will I Be Loved (Linda Ronstadt) well as the U.S. and Great Britain. Pacific National Exhibition in Van- 5. La Balanga (Bimbo Jet) Sylvia recently taped her pilot show "Huckleberry Finn," but most of all he is the singer. And he is the song- couver on August 20th. She returns 6. Rhinestone Cowboy (Glen Campbell) for CBC -TV in Toronto. ... Glen writer who will keep us close to hometown Toronto on the 23rd 7. Stand By Me () Campbell is visiting on August 24th to the to headline at the Canadian Na- 8. Midnight Blue (Melissa Manchester) for an appearance at Hamilton's ground with his understanding of tional Exhibition. 9. Goodnight Vienna (Ringo Starr) Ivor Wynn Stadium.... Peter Foldy our ways. In has recent months Anne 10. Bluebird (Helen Reddy) joins Copperpenny for the CHUM - His tour includes two days at the added two more honours to her col- sponsored free concert at Toronto's Central Canada Exhibition in Ot- lection of gold records, Grammy City Hall on August 3rd. The two tawa on August 31st and Septem- and Juno Awards -firstly, the WATCH FOR acts will also share a week at the Ca- ber 1st, following which he keeps Broadcast Executive Society made nadian National Exhibition starting movin' on through Edmonton (Sep- her the guest of honour at its sec- August 25th. ... Just mailed na- tember 17th), Calgary (September ond annual Canada Music Day SYLVIA TYSON tionally is the debut single by Que- 18th), Saskatoon (September luncheon; ten days later, Anne was bec quartet Morse Code. "Cocktail" 19th), Winnipeg (September 20th), among the recipients of the Order WOMAN'S WORLD is a disco -style instrumental com- Regina (September 21st), Victoria of Canada, the highest civil award U.S. RELEASE ST 11434 THIS MONTH posed by the group's leader, Chris- (September 24th) and Vancouver our government can grant. tian Simard. (September 28th). (ADVERTISEMENT; www.americanradiohistory.com 52 InlernaUonal WILL PROMOTE OWN RECORDS Records Listed For Aussie's Albert Productions Festivalbar Aug. 30 Sets Up a U.S. Command Post MILAN -The 12th Italian Festi- Dave (CBS); "From Souvenirs To valbar, organized by Vittorio Sal - Souvenirs," by Demis Roussos SYDNEY, Australia -Albert Pro- Australia is producing excellent sold yet in the States. If the personal vetti, has its awards presentation, (Phonogram); ductions will seek to support U.S. product these days, he believes. promotion attack works, Gilbey says Aug. 30, this year for the first time in "Dus," by Drupi (Ricordi); promotion on all of its licensee bills "You can get a record deal provid- he will be doing it full -time with the giant Roman -built Arena, of "Baby," by El Tigre (Ricordi); by setting up a promotion command ing the product is good now." Stevie each album. Among the artists re- Verona. "Padrino Parte II," by Piergiorgio post in the United States for each al- Wright has hit more than 40,000 al- leased by Albert productions are The summer event, previously Farina (Produttori Associati); bum, according to Chris Gilbey, a &r bums and 5,000 singles in his first re- AC -DC, George Paul Young, held in the small Venetian town of "Bella Dentro," by Paolo Frescura manager and operations director of lease in Australia. The same album Wendy Grose, S.J.C. Powell and Asiago, has achieved new status this (RCA); "Reach Out I'll Be There," the Australian label. sold fairly well in Holland. It has not William Shakesphere. year, with big names like Barry by Gloria Gaynor (Phonogram); Previously, Albert Productions White, Gloria Gaynor and the Les "Piano Piano," by Genova e Steffan had a representative in Los Angeles Humphries Singers expected to ap- (Ricordi); "M'Innamorai," by Giar- who made licensee deals and did ex- pear. dino dei Semplici (CBS); "Top tensive promotion. However, now, Hamburg," by the Les Humphries Festivalbar gets under way each Gilbey will visit the U.S. for long International Turntable Singers (Decca); summer when the selected records, a term periods with each particular al- Barry Midis, BBC radio No. 1 and Alex Harvey Band and the Baker - "Basta Per Favore," by Simon total this year of 30, are placed in bum, regardless of which label it is 2 disk jockey and presenter, is to be Gurvitz Army. He was previously Luca (Ricordi); "E Quando," by 35,000 jukeboxes and 1,000 disco- released on in the States. Stevie the new station manager for the Brit- with Mooncrest Records. Marcella (CBS); "Donna Con Te," theques all over Italy. The public Wright is released in the U.S. on At- ish service of Radio Luxembourg. by Mia Martini (Ricordi); "Amava," Hal Carter's Warren Agency, then effectively judges the awards, lantic Records. His new single is due He thus returns to the station he by Mersia ( Phonogram); "Il Mondo recently moved to new offices, is to through the number of times each within the next six weeks. first joined in 1956 when he went on Moggie di Frutta Candita," by Gianni Mo- expand the publishing arm, record is played and by filling out "By just going there and person- to become senior disk jockey and randi (RCA); "Donna Di Chi," by Music. Lyn Barker, previously head special entry postcard made avail- ally being enthusiastic with their presenter of the Luxembourg chart Opera (CBS); "Sera," by Le Orme of administration and copyright for able. promotion staff and with radio show for eight years. He later free- the publishing companies of the (Phonogram); "Mi Basta Cosi," by Though there people I think we can break the lanced on BBC television and Scot- Robert Stigwood Organisation, will are no classical rec- Adriano Pappalardo (RCA); "Chi ords involved in single home a lot faster" Gilbey says. tish ITV, then went on the staff of the now manage Moggie Music. Alan the Festivalbar this Sera," by Renato Pareti (Phono- year, one instrumental Just which single will be released by BBC, hosting several shows. Brown, previously publishing ac- piece, "Giu- gram); lietta '75" by Reverberi, is Wright is not known at this time. Alldis will probably be heard on countant for RSO, has been ap- based on "Giulietta '75," by Reverberi a Chopin piece. Gilbey was hoping for "Guitar the air, though no firm plans have pointed company secretary for Mog- (Produttori Associati); "Senza Per- Band." Atlantic was strong on been made, but his principal job is in gie Music. This year's records are: "Candi- dono," by Santo and Johnny (Pro- the British service "Black-Eyed Bruiser." Gilbey says administration of Liz Ryder, newly promoted to sen- lejas," by Jose Augusto (EMI); duttori Associati); "Aquador," by he will stay in the States "as long as it from Luxembourg. ior personnel officer at CBS, U.K., "Bate Pa Tu," by Baiano et Os Daniel Gentacrux (EMI); "Questa Moun- takes" He plans to live in many of Brian Haynes has joined will continue to be responsible for Novos Caetnaos (CBS); "Candy Sporca Vita," by Sylvia Vartan in as- the breakout markets himself. tain Management London, provision of a recruitment and gen- Baby," by Beano (Decca); "Sere - (RCA); "Hello How Are You," by Admittedly he is "searching in the suming responsibility for radio and eral personnel service to all depart- nata," by Bloody Mary (Ricordi); Gary Walker (CBS); "What Am I dark ... trying to find the right way television promotion of the corn - ments at the London headquarters, "64 Anni," by Cugini di Campagna Gonna Do With You," by Barry of breaking each record." pany's acts, including Nazareth, the to CBS Studio and Realm Records (Pull -Ricordi); "Runaway," by White (Phonogram). but her increasing involvement at more senior levels is now recognised. Ricordi, Russia In Sarah Dunmore, a secretary in the personnel department for nearly five years, is now personnel administra- From The Music CapiloIs Deal On Copyrights tion officer, a new position. CBS has Continued from page 4 have authority to grant record rights also restructured its re- in Italy. gional representation in the impor- Of The World national operation for both recipro- However Russian records are tant area of field promotion, with Continued from page 50 ber called "A City of Peace" to cal agreements with various copy- presently imported in Italy by EMI Gordon Wallace becoming field pro- atom -bombed Hiroshima on his sec- rights associations all over the world through the Russian Agency, Mez- motion manager for Scotland and Festival. She was the Asian repre- ond performance tour of Japan... . and the granting of licences for rep- hdunaradnyakniga. Teeside, having come to CBS from a sentative at the 7th Bulgarian Inter- Helen Reddy (Capitol) seen ready to resentation of Soviet music to im- Important meetings were ar -. management company where he national Music Festival in May 1971 play Japan for the first time this fall. portant publishing houses in differ- ranged for the Ricordi delegation in managed Middle Of The Road. He and won the grand prize for per- ... The Japan Audio Society's first ent countries. Moscow and Leningrad with repre- will be based in Glasgow. formance. She also won the special meeting on the video disk is sched- Current negotiations between Ri- sentatives of the Soviet Ministry of Penry Llewellyn- Roberts is now Kawakami Prize at the World Popu- uled for mid -September. ... Over cordi and VAAP were begun in Italy Culture, the Composers' Union, the field promotion manger for the lar Song Festival in Tokyo '74. 200,000 pressing of "Olivia Newton - at the end of 1974 and later at two large publishing companies north. He was previously with Ken- CBS /Sony has launched its "New John /Have You Never Been Mel- MIDEM. A contract has already Sovjetski Compositors and Musika, nedy Street Enterprises where he Gold Disc" series of 40 12 -inch low" have been sold since the album been signed by SIAE (Societa Ital- plus the Soviet Radio Agency and was stage manager for the group stereo LPs with 14 cuts by inter- was released here April 20, Toshiba - iana Autori ed Editori) and VAAP the record agency, Melodiya. These 10cc. He will be based in Manches- national soloists and groups at $8.50 EMI officials say.... Dancing, disco- under which SIAE will collect for meetings provided several concrete ter. Alvin Jordan is field promotion each. ... Reflecting the popularity theque style, has been introduced to public performances, but an agree- initiatives within the framework of manager for the south, based in of bluegrass music in Japan, all 122 Japanese concert-goers by Kool & ment covering mechanical rights has the Ricordi- Soviet Agreement. Southampton, having spent several stores of the Kentucky Fried the Gang (De-Lite). Lala Ander- not yet been reached. They also gave Ricordi represen- years in the retail trade. Chicken chain in this country are sen's post -World War II recording of Russian music to be controlled by tatives a chance to study prospects of Bob Hermon is field promotion featuring bluegrass BGM until the "Lili Marlene" is being rushed for Ricordi will be both classical and future agreements with the Soviet manager, Midlands, operating from end of next May in a tie -up with release here by Polydor K.K. popular and will include music from Union for a more widespread diffu- Birmingham, and having been in King Record, which represents the Kurt Kinkele, executive vice presi- two musicals, opera, theatrical produc- sion of Italian repertoire in Russia as sales and promotion for CBS for Rebel label in Japan. ... Toshiba - dent of Polygram has left this music tions, film soundtracks, television part of a more intense cultural ex- years. Existing managers in these EMI is rushing release of "Glen capital after a flying visit. ... Ave- and radio. In addition, Ricordi will change between the two countries. areas, Eamon Les (Scotland), John Campbell Live in Japan" on the nue Recordings Japan has become Lees (North), Richard Comben Capitol label, for retail at $8.50. The distributor for K -Tel Records in this (South) and John Parker (Mid- album was recorded May 24 at the territory, with weekly TV sales pro- Yugo Song Fest Winners lands) will now concentrate on local Kosei Nenkin Kaikan Hall in this motion by Tokyo Channel 12... radio and television together with music capital.... "Only Yesterday" Live recordings of the 2nd Blues SPLIT, Yugoslavia -The 1975 the second half of the final concert, press and publicity. and "Please, Mr. Postman" by the Festival in Japan are being released Song Contest took place here with- traditionally staged in the open -air Martin Moritz, previously with Carpenters (A &M) are the only in- by Tokuma Musical Industries on its out the usual international aspect of on the central city square. The Ampex Music Tapes in London, has ternational singles among the top 30 recently established Bourbon label. the competition but with 20 songs planned show program by the popu- joined Arrowtabs as repertoire man- juke box hits in Japan, says Haruo Recorded last March at the Tokyo performed by a group of well - lar Bijelo Dugme group was called ager. He has worked for a number of Nohara, record section chief of Sega Yubin Chokin hall, they comprise a known Yugoslavian artists, includ- off and the prize -giving ceremony companies in the music industry, no- Enterprises. ... Nihon Victor is re- set of two LPs by Junior Wells & ing Djelo Jusic, Dubrovacki Truba- was held indoors. tably EMI. leasing two albums in memory of the Buddy Guy and an album by Johnny duri, Pro Arte, Dusko Lokin, Zarko Alan Pritchard has assumed re- late Josephine Baker at $7.45 each. Shines. ... The Brothers Four are Dancuo, Beti Djordjevic, Dalibor Though there was considerable sponsibilities for RCA's tape oper- . .. Michel Polnareff, now on his due back here for performances Brun and Indeksi. speculation about the lack of foreign ations as manager, tape manufac- visitors this third performance tour of Japan, throughout the islands of Japan Winning songs were selected by year, the Split 75 Festi- turing, in a series of promotions at val showed that it can stand on its says he has been signed up by Atlan- from early August through late Sep - public votes and the first prize was to the company's County Durham fac- tic and hopes to live in the U.S. (Continued on page 53) "Ja Ne Mgou Drugo Nego Da Je own without imported attractions. tory. Also promoted are Tom The cost was one of the main reasons CBS /Sony has been pushing sales of Ljubim," sung by Miso Kovac and Hughes, formerly the plant account- the French artist's recordings for for the new policy decision. A fur- RCA written by Zdenko Runkic and ant, who becomes manager of order Epic. ... The new album by Peter Opening N.Z. Office Drago Britvic. Zdenko Runkic, who ther change was the abandoning of services and production control, and performers Frampton, ex- member of Humble AUCKLAND, New Zealand - lives in Split, also won second prize the "two for each song" Bill Williams, quality control man- practice. Pie, is being released here by King RCA Records will open an office for "Njezne Strune Mandiline," ager, who takes on added responsi- Record on the A &M label. here within the next week or two. sung by Tereza Kesovija. But a further main reason was to bility as manager of returns. All re- The Three Degrees (Philadelphia The office is being established by Third prize went to Slobodan Ko- eliminate the lower- standard for- port to plant manager John Rolfe. International) due to appear in a David Jones out of the Australian vacevic's song "Gde God Da Pod - eign performers, previously ac- Aaron Sixx, European a &r direc- one -hour dinner show at $85 per office. Brian Smith of Australia is jes," performed by the group More._ cepted by the organizers simply to tor for U.A. Records based in Lon- head in the Tokyo Prince Hotel's slated to be general manager. Previ- the festival year, Rain spoiled this keep the number of contestants up to don, has resigned. He will announce Providence Hall. Herbie Han- ously, with a thunderstorm washing away ... released RCA required numbers. a new position in a short time. cock has presented a new jazz num- product.

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Continued from page 52 the past 20 years, has his own tele- fall, and the first 16 -track studio in his first hit here.... Shu- Bi -Dua en- vision show here. ... Producer Rolf Belgrade will be completed a few joying outstanding success with its tember.... Other September billings Zuckowski has left Sikorski- Musik- months later. ... The Golden Gate second album (Phonogram). include the Carpenters, Gilbert Be- ... verlage in Hamburg and is produc- Quartet recorded one album for Bel- Heavy campaign here for the Car- cam!, PFM, Perez Prado & His Or- ing Peter, Sue, and Marc, from Swit- grade's Studio B label during a two - penters with bags, posters and spe- chestra, Raymond Lefevre et Son zerland. DGG has fixed sales week Yugoslavian tour during cially -made cassettes to dealers in- Grand Orchestre and Trini Lopez. deal with Spector Records for Ger- which they played dates in Belgrade, cluding other A &M artists. John M. Eargle has again met ... many. Zagreb and Ljubljana. Managing director of retail chain with Japanese recording engineers, Sammy Davis Jr., Lynyrd Skynyrd, RTB has released a ten -album Fono, owned by EMI, now made this time as the first Audio Engineer- Status Quo, Albert Hammond, collection under the overall title Scandinavian director with the aim ing Society chairman ever to visit Ja- Johnny Cash, Led Zeppelin, Rolling "Jazz Giants" featuring Charlie of opening several retail shops in pan.... Ken-ichi Morita, member of Stones, Santana, Alice Cooper, Aver- Parker, Benny Goodman, Django Sweden. Unusual that a musical the board of directors and former ... age White Band, Kris Kristofferson Reinhardt, Stan Getz and Dusko movie with rock music should run in president of Polydor K.K. has been and Billy Swan all due for concerts Gojkovic. ... Suzy record company a Copenhagen cinema for more than decorated with the Officer's Cross of in Germany this year. ... Pianist planning to open its own cassette one week, but "Tommy" has been the Order of Merit of the Federal Tatjana Nikolajewa from Moscow production plant later this year and running for six weeks here. Republic of Germany. had a sell -out concert in ... . as the CBS licensee from September, Bamses Venner (Play Records) RCA photo HIDEO EGUCHI Deep Purple to produce a new al- the company will include in its al- having big success with group's re- LITTLE FAN -Zulema meets f ive- bum in Hamburg this month, for re- bum release program two jazz and vival of old Elvis Presley hits using year-old Shawn Cephas, son of the lease in October. two classical LPs each month. funny Danish lyrics. War at owner of the King James Record ... VIENNA Several versions in Germany of Traditional arts festival Dubrov- price- cutting level now over with El- shop in Philadelphia during a pro- CBS has released in Germany the "Shame. Shame, Shame," with pub- nik Summer Plays had a guest- artist ton Fantastic" al- motion for her new RCA LP. While John's "Captain hit single "Goodbye Joe" by Aust- lisher Rudolf Slezak reporting pro- list which included the Bamberger bum, all shops now selling at the Shawn received Zulema's auto- rian singer Goldie Ens and her man- ductions with Linda and The Funky Symphoniker with Bernhard Klee, normal price. Keld and Donkeys graph, he politely refused a copy of ... ager Lance Lumsden also looks for Boys, Peter Kraus and Kai Warner's the Festival Strings from Lucerne, their 10th year in the her LP, saying, "My daddy celebrated has orchestra, and Slezak also signed a the Finlandia Quartet, the English plenty." success for the girl in the Polish So- business with a garden party at the pot Festival, following her efforts in deal for the Gambi and Ben Ghazi Bach Orchestra and the Moscou zoo.... Dr. Hook No. 2 in the charts reaching the finals of the "Golden U.S. catalogs. ... EMI -Electrola's Trio.... And among the concert per- with first Capitol -labeled albums. Orpheus" contest in Bulgaria. Olivia Molina is the star of the Bad formers at the 26th Dubrovnik Festi- KNUD ORSTED EMI Big Push German singer Frank Zander Hersfelder Festspiele. ... Out- val, which lasts until the end of Au- (Hansa) made a tour of Austria standing reaction for concerts by Pe- gust, are French pianist Philipe On Reddy Disks which came to a sudden and unex- ter Herbolzheimer's Rhythm Com- Entremont and Swedish tenor Ni- bination and Brass. colai B &C Records LONDON EMI is employing pected end when concert manager Gedda. - Jazz Lips leader Peter Meyer in for "Boom cinema, radio and local newspaper Richard Rosee refused to pay the Success the annual To the U.S. looking for old -time Festival" Single Sold advertising in a substantial promo- singer's stipulated salary and ex- tunes concert of nine hours of from New Orleans and Chicago and music from top Yugoslav rock tion for the new single and album by penses. ... Ingrid Steger (Brom) State Records will also release an album by Chica- groups at the Zagreb Sports Hall Helen Reddy. Dealer sales aids form here to record appearances for the LONDON- Following the col- television show "Karussell." Pol - goan old -timer [key Robinson. ... with a 7,000 audience reacting part of the campaign. ... lapse of the B &C Records operation, ydor released DGG's Werner Klose started a big strongly to acts like Bijelo Dugme, A fortnight's round of one -minute has here the first al- first signs of the dispersal of the ac- bum of pop talent Bernhard Lins. campaign for the first James album Time, Smak, Pop Selekcija, Grupa advertising spots began last week on tive catalog on B &C and Monncrest from the U.S., "Well Kept Secret," 220 and Bulldozer, and RTB re- the big local radio stations, spot- For the annual "Youth Music are apparent with State Records with posters, sales folders and infor- corded the show live for a al- lighting Reddy's Capitol album "No Festival" in Vienna, held last month, double here having acquired full rights to mation sheets.... Lars Berghagen at RTB's Way To Treat A Lady," and the youth choirs and orchestras came bum.... single "Ona Spava" the Gary Benson single "Don't from U.S., Austria, Denmark, the top of the German charts with by Zdravko Colic went "gold" by single track "Bluebird." the Throw It All Away," and the current the single "Es War Einmal Eine Gi- selling 100,000 copies. The single is also featured in the Greece, Holland, Israel, Norway, Nazareth hit "My White Bicycle" is West tarre." Sales information from Suzy Rec- first of the Cinedisc tapes, aired as Romania, Sweden and Ger- now being pressed by EMI with the Ariola has released an album of shows film interval music in over 700 cin- many.... Following the death of op- ords that singer Miso Kovac special label number NAZ IO. 20 songs which have never been in has two gold singles, emas throughout the U.K. Copies eretta composer and Oscar -winning gained "Drugi But these are interim arrange- the charts, but for disk jockeys only. Kosu," of the single are on the way to all Robert Stolz, some 900 radio sta- Joj Rasplice and "Obala ments and the final disposal of rep- tions all over the world broadcast his ... After a long gap, Sacha Distel Mojih Snova," with Dusko Lokin easy -listening club locations and ertoire is likely to be a long process. Vienna Boys Choir, has a German single "Was Man Hat, getting one for "Ntrjo Te Tajno copies of a U.S. film featuring the music.... under A spokesman for the liquidators, Halt Man Fest," for EMI- Electrola. singer have been picked up by re- conductor Uwe Harrer, back from a Voli" and the Pro Arte group one for Laurence Gerrard and Company, four -month concert tour through ... Northern German radio (NDR "Da Li Znas Kako Tvoja Majka gional television stations. It is be- says: "It's impossible to say anything Hamburg) celebrates the 50th birth- Place." And three released al- lieved Helen Reddy will visit Britain Turkey, Hong Kong, Manila, Japan ... definite at this stage, because the po- and Malaysia. day of Oscar Peterson with 12 45- bums by Santana have reached a again later this year as part of a Eu- sition is so complicated with regard Austrian composer Marcel Rubin, minute radio shows by the pianist, combined sale of 50,000 copies. ropean tour. to contracts, countercontracts and so who won international fame with his and the editor is jazz pianist Michael Jugoton information shows the on." by the Naura. first album by the Bijelo Dugme rock Fifth Symphony, played At State, label and a &r manager Vienna One hundred record retailers here group sold more than 50,000 copies Tara Wins Rights Symphony Orchestra con- Andy Stevens, says: "The deal for ducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, are organizing a central body to get and gain a platinum disk for this ex- the Gary Benson record is a one -off NEW YORK -Tara Record and recently celebrated his 70th birth- better conditions from the record in- traordinary achievement on the Yu- Tape Distributing has been ap- so far as we are concerned. We liked day. ... Decca artist Luciano Pava- dustry, with Hanover's Berthold Lie- goslav market, and Arsen Dedic has pointed the exclusive the record very much, and when we distributor for rotti gave a "Liederabend" in the bernickel heading the move (he is two gold disks for his albums "Cov- all London Records and affiliated heard it might be available we were Vienna Konzerthaus. ... For the also chairman of the board of the jek Kao Ja" and "Arsen 2." . .. Sin- product in the Atlanta market. The able to snap it up." 75th anniversary of the Vienna Sym- German retailers in Bad Godesberg) gles by Zdravko Colic ( "Zvao Sam Je area includes Georgia, And though negotiations are un- Alabama phony Orchestra, the City of Vienna and announcing a first meeting in Emili ") and "Da Sam Pekar" by Bi- and Eastern Tennessee. der way for Nazareth, the outcome is to produce a commemorative 25- Frankfurt in August.... United Art- jelo Dugme also go "gold," and the Tara is headed by Ms. Kes- of their recording future is far from Gwen minute film about it and its achieve- ists sold the Katja Ebstein album biggest seller of the licensed singles ler, a veteran of the record business settled. ments. MANFRED SCHREIBER "Wir Leben, Wir Lieben," into East is Hot Chocolate's "Emma," which in the Southeast, and sales manager Germany. ... The Global Music has sold more than 70,000 copies. Randy Sanders. group in Munich now has the cata- BORJAN KOSTIC EMI's A &R HAMBURG log of Richard Perry, from the U.S. Big success here for the Rold COPENHAGEN Meet Adds To Metronome bringing out a new Budde title "Manuela," sung by low -price series under the title "This Phonogram's Julio Inglesias.... The here for concert - at the Falkoner Theater which Attendees Is" and featuring artists like Steam Meisel group in Berlin has started hammer, Emergency, Atomic caused surprisingly little audience PARIS -The U.S. and U.K. were promotional work on the new Step - commotion. Success for SBA - included, for the first time, in a &r Rooster, Ralph McTell, Paul Anka, penwolf single "Smokey Factory ... promoted concerts by Count Basie meetings organized on the continent Stray, Bill Withers, Melanie, Chris Blues." ... Saxophone player Herb winning and Ella Fitzgerald in the Tivoli by Pathe Marconi -EMI. Barber and Osibisa.... CTI Geller has his first solo album out Gardens. New record and tape The meetings get various depart- big sales in Germany with jazz prod- here, and Alfred Schacht reports the ... consumer magazine Ny Musik ment managers together to listen to uct and Metronome, who imported Teldec production has received starts Aug. 15, distribution tapes and decide the titles most suit- it in recent years, now is to press in strong reaction from the U.S. and being by GDC which distributes records for CBS, able for individual markets. Germany and will release a CTI U.K. sampler in September. WOLFGANG SPAHR Sonet and Metronome. The last was held in June in Am- Daliah Lavi, from Israel, has a Chrysalis back to EMI for distri- sterdam when observers from the new album "Cafe Decandance," bution after half -a -year with Phono - U.S. and U.K. were invited to attend made up of standards sung in Ger- BELGRADE gram. ... Pye goes from EMI to So- what was previously considered a man. ... Deutsche Grammophon Latest additions to Jugoton's cata- net -Danks Grammofonplade Forlag purely continental operation. DOOBIE PROMOTION -WEA Ger- Gesellschaft has started on a double log of licensed labels are ABC An- on Oct. 1. ... Success for RCA's Previous conferences had been man director Siggi Loch has set up a album with George Moustaki. ... chor and Dunhill from the U.S., and Shabby Tiger, with "Slow Down" on held in Barcelona, Cologne and Zur- novel publicity idea for the Doobie An album of dance music has been Bell from the U.K. Bell joined the the chart. ... Both SBA and ICO ich and the next one is for Brussels in Brothers' album "Stampede." High produced by bandleader Max Gre- EMI group and switched from the promotion outfits signed counter -at- October. Michel Bonnet, deputy on the walls of premises in Ham- ger, featuring 28 melodies from the RTB catalog to Jugoton and first re- tractions like Focus, Procol Hamm managing director of Pathe in Paris, burg he has placed posters of the al- 1930s.... After a success with the leases from the new deals will be al- and Ravi Shankar for the Roskilde says: "These meetings provide a bum cover and says: "We're testing cassette "Stars And Golden Hits," bums by Isaac Hayes and Ace. Festival. wonderful opportunity for a &r man- the idea just in Hamburg but will fol- Deutsche Grammophon now have Jugoton is upgrading its sound Magnet Records' Peter Shelley's agers to get to know each other bet- low up with all important cities in the music on an LP, retailing at $4. studio in Zagreb with the new 16- "Love Me Love My Dog" No. 1 in ter and to co- ordinate effort and the country." Freddy Quinn, with 30 hits over track equipment in operation by the the radio chart here for four weeks, production."

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44 37 SWEET CHEATIN' RITA -Alvin 8 I DO I DO I DO I DO -Abba (Polydor) 2 ROCK AND ROLL -John Lennon (EMI) 2 STAND BY YOUR MAN -Tammy Wynette BRITAIN Stardust (Magnet) -Cookaway /Tic 9 AUTOBAHN -Kraftwerk (Philips/ 3 THE MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF KING (CBS) (Courtesy Music Week) Toc () Phonogram) ARTHUR -Rick Wakeman (Ariola) 3 S.O.S. -Abba (Vogue) Denotes local origin 45 - EL BIMBO -Bimbo Jet (EMI) - 10 IMAGINE ME, IMAGINE YOU -Fox (GTO/ 4 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE -Gloria Gaynor 4 DOLANNES MELODY -De Sennevile & Music Rossi) DGG) ( Polydor) Toussaint (Decca) SINGLES Burlington (Laurent 46 49 GET IN THE SWING- Sparks 11 BYE BYE BABY -Bay City Rollers (Bell/ 5 JUST ANOTHER WAY TO SAY I LOVE 5 I'M NOT IN LOVE -10cc (Mercury) This Last (Island) -Island (Tony Visconti) EMI) YOU -Barry White (Movieplay) 6 MOONSHINE SALLY -Mud (EMI) Week Week 47 - THE LAST FAREWELL -Roger 12 ER GFHORT ZU MIR -Marianne 6 AQUALUNG -Jethro Tull (Ariola) 7 THE OPERA -Dizzy Man's Band (EMI) Whittaker (EMI) -Tembo Music Rosenberg (Philips /Phonogram) 7 FUENTE Y CAUDAL -Paco de Lucia 8 FOE- DEE -O -DEE -The Rubettes (Polydor) (Dennis Preston) 13 THANKS FOR THE MEMORY -Slade (Philips -Fonograph) 9 MON AMOUR A MOI -Will Tura (Topkapi) 1 1 GIVE A LITTLE LOVE -Bay City Rollers (Bell)- Utopia /DJM 48 - SEXY -M.F.S.B. (Philadelphia) - (Polydor /DGG) 8 POETAS ANDALUCES DE AHORA- 10 GIRLS -Moments & Whatnauts (Philips) 14 DIE BARBARA Aguaviva (Ariola) 11 LADY IN BLUE -Joe Dolan (Pye) 2 5 BARBADOS-Typically Tropical Gamble Huff /Carlin (Gamble/ SCHWARZE -Heino (EMI/ (Gull) -Gull Songs (J. Calvert/M. Huff) Electrola) 9 A MEXICO -*Julio Iglesmas (Columbia) 12 VREEMDE VOGELS- Claire (Monopole) West) 49 44 LONG LOST LOVER -Three Degrees 15 EIN LIED ZIEHT HINAUS IN DIE WELT - 10 LA OTRA ESPANA- Mocedades (Zafiro) 13 VINO -Imca Marina (EMI) 14 BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS 3 2 TEARS ON MY PILLOW -Johnny (Philadelphia) -Gamble -Huff /Car. Jurgen Marcus - Nash (CBS)-ATV lin (Gamble -Huff) Freddy Fender (EMI) 50 46 GOING TO A-GO- GO- Sharonettes 15 LITE UNDIEN -Joe Dassin (CBS) 4 3 MISTY -Ray Stevens (Janus) - YOGOSLAVIA Bregman Vocco & Conn (Ray (Black Magic) -Jobete London JAPAN 16 BUMP ME BABY -Dooley Silverspoon (Courtesy Music Labo) (Courtesy Studio & Radio /TV Revue) Stevens) (Simon Soussan) (CAP) SINGLES SINGLES 5 11 ROLLIN' STONE -David Essex 17 UNCLE -Big Mouth & Little Eve (Decca) This This HOME (CBS) -April /Rock On (Jeff LPs 18 I'M COMING -Benny Scott Week Week Wayne) (Monopole) This Last 1 CYCLAMEN NO KAORI -Akira Fuse (King) 1 IMA NEKA TAJNA VEZA (There's A Certain 6 6 HAVE YOU SEEN HER /OH GIRL - 19 SEALINGS- Maurice Albert (Vogue) Week Week 2 KAKKOMAN BOOGIE -Downtown Boogie Secret Connection)-Bijelo Dugme Chi -lites (Brunswick) -Burlington 20 BRAZILIA CARNAVAL -Chocolate Boys Woogie Band (Express) (Jugoton) (Eugene Record) (Omega) 1 2 HORIZON -Carpenters (A &M) 3 KOKORO NOKORI- Takashi Hosokawa 2 JEDNA MALA PLAVA (Little Blonde Girl) - 7 4 THE HUSTLE -Van McCoy(Avco)- LPs 2 1 VENUS & MARS -Paul McCartney & (Columbia) Pro Arte (Suzy) Warner Bros. (Hugo /Luigi) This Wings (Apple) 4 17 NO NATSU -Junko Sakurada (Victor) 3 APRIL U BEOGRADU (April In Belgrade) - 8 7 EIGHTEEN WITH A BULLET -Pete Week 3 5 ONCE UPON A STAR -Bay City 4 NATSU HIRAKU SEISHUN -Momoe Zdravko Colic (RTB) Wingfield (Island) -Island /Uncle 1 POP MUSIC -Various Artists (K -Tell) Rollers (Bell) Yamaguchi (CBS/ Sony) 4 SAN JULSKE NOCI (Dream Of The July Doris (Pete Wingfield) 2 GOUDEN SOMMERS -Willy Sommers 4 6 BEST OF THE STYLISTICS (Avco) 6 CHIKUMAGAWA- Hiroshi Itsuki Night) -Tereza Kesovija (Jugoton) 9 10 JE T' AIME -Judge Dread (Cactus) (Vogue) - 5 4 THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - (Minoguphone) 5 DANI (Days) -Leo Martin (RTB) Shapiro-Bernstein (AI -Ted Prod.) 3 16 SAPPICE ZOMERNITS- Various Artists 10c.c. (Mercury) 7 ITSUKA MACHI DE ATTA NARA- 6 VODITE ME NJOJ (Take Me To Her) -Boba (Telstar) 10 14 SEALED WITH A KISS -Brian Hyland 6 3 CAPTAIN FANTASTIC & THE Masatoshi Nakamura (Columbia) Stefanovic (RTB) (ABC)-United Artists 4 HITS EXPLOSION- Various Artists (EMI) BROWN DIRT COWBOY -Elton 8 KOI NO BOSO-Hideki Saijo (RCA) 7 UUBAVI MLADOSTI MOJE (Love From My (Pogo Prod.) 5 ROCK VOL. 2 -Mud (EMI) John (DJM) 9 YASURAGI- Toshio Kurosawa (Columbia) Young Days) -(RT Ljubljana) 11 12 JIVE TALKIN' -Bee Gees (RSO)- 7 7 STEP TWO - (Bell) 10 YUDACHI NO ATODE -Goro Noguchi 8 SAMA (Alone) -Yu Grupa (Jugoton) Abigail /Slam (Ault Mardin) 8 8 ONE OF THESE NIGHTS -Eagles (Polydor) 9 PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM -Elton John 12 16 D- I- V- O -R -C-E -Tammy Wynette (Asylum) 11 BOKU NI MAKASETE KUDASAI -Craft Band (DJM / Jogoton) (Epic)- London Tree 9 - MUD -Mud Rock, Vol. 2 (RAK) (Elektra) 10 RASPLETI VJENAC UUBAVI -Dusko Lokin (Billy Sherrill) SWITZERLAND 10 11 ROLLIN' -Bay City Rollers (Bell) 12 TAIYO NO KISETSU -Zutorubi (Ai) (Diskoton) 13 28 IT'S IN HIS KISS -Linda Lewis (Courtesy Radio-Hitparade) 11 10 TUBULAR BELLS - 13 SHOWA KARESUSUKI -Sakura And Ichiro LPs (Arista) -T.M. (Tony Silverster/ SINGLES (Virgin) ( Polydor) This Bert DeCotex) This 12 - THE BASEMENT TAPES -Bob Dylan 14 TOMOSHIBI -Aki Yashiro (Teichiku) Week 14 8 I'M NOT IN LOVE- 10c.c. Week (CBS) 15 WAKARE NO KUCHIZUKE -Shinichi Mori 1 PHYSICAL GRAFFITI -Led Zeppelin (Suzy) (Mercury) -St. Annes (10c.c.) 1 PALOMA BLANCA -George Baker Selection 13 9 THE SINGLES 1969 -1973- (Victor) 2 OPET (Again) -Drugi Nacin (RTB) 15 9 DISCO STOMP- Hamilton Bohannon (WB) Carpenters (A &M) 16 HADASHI NO BOKEN -Agnes Chan 3 SOUVENIRS -Demis Roussos (RTB) (Brunswick) -Burlington 2 DEINE SPUREN IM SAND -Howard 14 13 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - (Warner) 4 DIVUE GUSKE (Wild Goose)-Time (RTB) (Hamilton Bohannon) Carpendale (EMI) Pink Floyd (Harvest) 17 UGUtSUDANI MUSIC HALL -Tsuruko 5 VRACAM SE (I'm Coming Back) -Arsen 16 40 IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW HOW TO 3 ONLY YOU CAN -The Fox (GTC) 15 17 CAT STEVENS' GREATEST HITS - Shofukutei (Warner) Dedic (Jugoton) LOVE Smokey (RAK) 4 I DO I DO I DO -Abby (Polydor) ME- - (A&M) 6 NA ZIVORU SVETLOSTI (On The 18 BOKU NO PAPA WA KARATE NO SENSEI- Spring Of 5 DON'T BE CRUEL -Billy Swan (Monument) Chinnichap /RAK (Mike Chapman/ 16 12 Greatest Hits (Decca) 10C.C.- Finger 5 (Philips) The Light) -(RT Ljubljana) 6 SHAME SHAME SHAME -Shirley & Nicky Chinn) HITS 17 18 ELTON JOHN'S GREATEST 19 KANGAI SASETE HOSHINO -Mineko 7 DOORS -Doors (Suzy) Company (Philips) 17 27 ACTION-"Sweet/Essex (Sweet) (DJM) Nishikawa (Victor) 8 KAD BI BIO BIJFLO DUGME (If I Were A 7 FOX ON THE RUN -The Sweet (RCA) 18 23 -David Cassidy 18 15 MADE IN THE SHADE -Rolling 20 LILI MARLENE- Marlene Dietrich (EMI) White Button) -Bijelo Dugme (Jugoton) (RCA)- Sunbury (B. Johnston /D. 8 I CAN DO IT -The Rubettes (State Rec) Stones (Rolling Stones) 9 ZENE, ZENE (Women, Women) -Kemal Cassidy) 9 TU T'EN VAS -Alain Barriere (Albatros) 19 14 BEST OF TAMMY WYNETTE-(Epic) Monteno (Jugoton) Marcus 19 21 FOE- DEE- O- DEE- *Rubettes (State) 10 EIN LIED ZIEHT EINAUS -Jurgen - 20 19 SIMON & GARFUNKEL'S GREATEST ITALY 10 THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES -Steve Pamscene /ATV (Bickerton/ (Telefunken) HITS -(CBS) (Courtesy Germano Ruscitto) Harley & Cocney Rebel (Jugoton) Waddington) 21 26 BAND ON THE RUN -Paul LPs NEW YORK Rex (EMI) 20 30 CITY -T. - McCartney & Wings (Apple) This Wizzard (Marc Bolan) 22 16 24 CARAT PURPLE-Deep Purple Week 21 17 MY WHITE BICYCLE -Nazareth (Purple) 1 YUPPI DU-Adriano Celentano (Clan -MM) SWEDEN (Mooncrest)- Getaway /Carlin (M. (Courtesy Radio Sweden) NEW ZEALAND 23 - WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN - 2 JUST ANOTHER WAY TO SAY -Barry (Courtesy NZFPI) Charlton) Johnny Mathis (CBS) White (Phonogram) Denotes local origin 22 13 MOONSHINE SALLY (RAK) SINGLES -Mud - 24 20 THANK YOU BABY- Stylistics (Asco) 3 PROFONDO ROSSO -I Goblin (Cinevox) SINGLES and LPs Chinnichap /RAK (Mike Chapman/ This 25 27 PHYSICAL GRAFFITI -Led Zeppelin 4 DEL MIO MEGLIO N °3 -Mina (PDU -EMI) This Nicky Chinn) Week (Swan Song) 5 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE- Gloria Gaynor Week 1 YESTERDAY WAS JUST THE BEGINNING 23 29 FOOT STOMPIN' MUSIC -Hamilton 26 29 THE SNOW GOOSE -Camel (Decca) (MGM 1 ABBA (LP) -Abbe (Polar) -Phonogram) OF MY LIFE -Mark Williams (EMI) Bohannon (Brunswick) - 27 24 TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF- 6 RIMMEL De (RCA) 2 VENUS AND MARS (LP) -Wings (Apple) -Francesco Gregori 2 THE NEWCASTLE SONG -Bob Hudson Burlington (H. Bohannon) Three Degrees (Philadelphia) 3 CAPTAIN FANTASTIC (LP) -Elton John 7 UN PO' DEL NOSTRO TEMPO NIGLIORE -I (Viking) 24 19 BLACK PUDDING BERTHA - 28 RETURN TO FANTASY -Uriah Heep (DJM) 33 Pooh (CBS -MM) BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS Goodies (Bradley's) -Oddsocks/ 4 PAA EGEN HAND (LP) -Mats Raadberg 3 - (Bronze) 8 TOMMY /SOUNDTRACK -The Who Freddy Fender (Festival) ATV (Miki Anthony) THE BEATLES 1967 (Apple) (Polydon) 29 - -70- (Polydor -Phonogram) 4 LAST FAREWELL -Roger Whittaker (EMI) 25 47 SHERRY -Adrian Baker (Magnet) - 30 28 STAND BY YOUR MAN -Tammy 5 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE (LP)- Bachman- 9 INCONTRO -Patty Pravo (RCA) 5 PALOMA BLANCA -George Baker Selection KPM (Morgan Baker) Wynette Turner Overdrive (Mercury) (Epic) 10 IL GIORDINO PROIBITO- Sandro Giacobbe (WEA) 26 18 DOING ALRIGHT WITH THE BOYS- -Kraftwerk (Vertigo) 6 I CAN HELP (LP) -Billy Swan (Monument) 31 25 AUTOBAHN (CBS -MM) 6 ANOTHER SOMEBODY DONE SOMEBODY (Bell) -Leeds (Mike 32 22 JUDITH -Judy Collins (Elektra) 7 ETT STEG TILL (LP) -*Pugh Rogefeldt 11 FABRIZIO DE ANDRE Vol 8- Fabrizio De WRONG SONG -B.J. Thomas (Festival) Leander) 33 STILLS-Steven Stills -(CBS) (Metronome) - Andre (PA-Ricordi) 7 NO NO SONG -Ringo Starr (EMI) 27 15 WHISPERING GRASS -Windsor 34 30 THE BEST OF BREAD (Elektra) 8 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE (LP)- Gloria 12 XLXa RACCOLTA -Fausto Papetti (Durium) 8 MY EYES ADORED YOU -Frankie Valli Davies /Don Estelle (EMI) - BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Gaynor (MGM) 35 37 - 13 BANCO-Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso (EMI) Campbell Connelly (Walter J. Simon & Garfunkel (CBS) (Maticore- Ricordi) 9 RETURN TO FANTASY (LP) -Uriah Heep Ridley) (Bronze) 9 FOX ON THE RUN -Sweet (Pye) 36 23 THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES I - 14 1970/74 POOH -I Pooh (CBS -MM) 10 CHEVY VAN -Sammy Johns (Phonogram) 28 31 BLANKET ON THE GROUND -Billie Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel 10 KRAMGOA LAATAR (LP)- Vikingarna 15 ARIA -Dario Baldan Bembo (CIV -RCA) LPs Joe Spears (United Artists) - (EMI) (Marianne) This Campbell Connelly (Larry Butler) 37 49 THE BEATLES 1962 -1966 (Apple) Week 29 22 SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE 38 31 NEIL DIAMOND'S 12 GREATEST 1 CAPTAIN FANTASTIC & BROWN DIRT TONIGHT -Elton John (DJM) - HITS -(MCA) HOLLAND Pig (Gis COWBOY-Elton John (Festival) Big Dudegon) 39 - RIDE A ROCK HORSE -Roger (Courtesy Stichting Nederlandse) MEXICO 30 35 HIGHWARE -Linda Carr & the Love 2 VENUS AND MARS -Paul McCartney & Daltrey (Polydor) SINGLES (Courtesy Radio Mil) Squad (Chelsea)- Intersong Wings (EMI) 40 32 DISCO BABY -Van McCoy & the This SINGLES () 3 AN EVENING WITH JOHN DENVER -John Soul City Symphony (Avco) Week This 31 DELILAH -Sensational Alex Harvey Denver (Pye) - 41 38 ROCK 'N ROLL -John Lennon 1 STAND BY YOUR MAN -Tammy Wynette Week Band (Vertigo) -Donna (David 4 MARK WILLIAMS -Mark Williams (EMI) (APPle) (Epic) 1 LLUEVE SOBRE MOJADO -Camilo Sesto Batchelor) 5 GARY GLITTER'S GREATEST HITS -Gary 42 - BUDDY HOLLY'S GREATEST HITS - 2 IF YOU GO -Barry and Eileen (Omega) (Ariola) 32 36 HARMOUR LOVE -Syreeta (Tamla ELEPHANT (Philips) Glitter (EMI) (MCA Coral) 3 SONG -Kamahl 2 SE ME OLVIDO OTRA VEZ -Juan Gabriel Motown) -Jobete London (Stevie 6 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON -Pink Floyd 43 - TEN YEARS NON STOP JUBILEE - 4 DOLANNES MELODIE -Paul de Seneville (RCA) Wonder) Toussaint (Dureco) (EMI) James Last (Polydor) and Olivier 3 LLORARAS -Los Terricolas (Gamma) 7-6-5-4-3.2.1 YOUR 7 ELTON JOHN'S GREATEST HITS -Elton 33 45 (BLOW 44 LET ME TRY AGAIN -Tammy Jones 5 S.O.S. -Abbe (Polydor) - 4 YO QUIERO AMIGOS -Roberta Carlos John (Festival) WHISTLE) -Rimshots (All (Epic) 6 BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS - (CBS) Doobie (WEA) Platinum) -Cookaway (H. Ray /A. Freddie Fender (Negram) 8 STAMPEDE- Brothers 45 - MEDDLE -Pink Floyd (Harvest) 5 MARIPOSAS LOCAS -Mike Laure (Musart) Goodman) VINO Marina 9 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE -Bachman -Turner 46 44 I'M STILL GONNA NEED YOU - 7 -Imca (EMI) 6 GET DANCIN' (Bailemos) -Disco Tex & The 34 48 DOLLY MY LOVE- Moments (All Overdrive (Phonogram) Osmonds (MGM) 8 MOONSHINE SALLY -Mud (RAK) Sex- O -Lettes (Polydor) AND LEGENDS OF Platinum)- Sunbury Music (H. 9 I'M NOT IN LOVE (Mercury) 10 MYTHS KING ARTHUR 47 36 THE MYTHS & LEGENDS OF KING -10cc 7 TIEMPO -Marco Antonio Muniz y Jose Jose Ray /T. Keith) AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND ARTHUR -Rick Wakeman (A &M) 10 RAMAYA -Afric Simone (CNR) (RCA) 35 I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING (BUT TABLE -Rick Wakeman (Festival) - 48 FROM MIGHTY OAKS -Ray Thomas 8 MORNING SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN MY LOVE)- Stylistics (Asco)- (Threshold) (Amanecer en la montana) -Donny & Avemb /Cyril Shane (Hugo /Luigi) 49 39 ON THE LEVEL- Status Quo Marie Osmond (MGM) 36 20 MAMA NEVER TOLD ME- Sister SPAIN (Vertigo) 9 LADY MARMALADE (Dulce dama)- LaBelle Sledge (Atlantic)- Warner Bros. (Courtesy El Gran Musical) 50 21 SNOWFLAKES ARE DANCING - (Epic) (Taylor / H urtt /Bell) SINGLES SOUTH AFRICA Tomita (Red Seal) 10 HERE'S TO YOU (A tu salud) -Joan Baez 37 50 IT'S BEEN SO LONG- George This (Courtesy Springbok Radio) (RCA) McCrae (Jay Boy)- Sunbury Week SINGLES 11 LUNA BLANCA- Karina (Gamma) Music (H.W. Casey /R. Finch) 1 BELLA SIN ALMA -Richard Cocciante (EMI) This 12 UNE VIEJA CANCION DE AMOR -Raul 38 25 THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN WEST GERMANY 2 MELINA- Camilo Sesto (Ariola) Week - Abramzon (CBS) Showaddywaddy (Bell)- Palace Singles 3 CABALLO NEGRA-Manolo Sanlucar 1 FOX ON THE RUN -Sweet (RCA) 13 WE SAID GOODBYE (Porque nos dijimos Music (Mike Hurst) (Courtesy Musikmarkt) (CBS) 2 DON'T YOU KNOW -Della Reese (RCA) adios)-Dave MacLean (RCA) 39 43 LOVE ME BABY -Susan Cadogan *denotes local origin 4 ROSANA -Los Diablos (EMI) 3 I DO I DO I DO I DO I DO -Abba 14 MI CORAZON LLORO Clave (Orfeon) (Magnet)- Magnet (Peter SINGLES 5 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE -Gloria Gaynor -King (Sunshine) 15 ME ESTA GUSTANDO- Victor Yturbe Waterman) Week (Polydor) 4 AS SOON AS I HANG UP THE PHONE - "Piruli" (Philips) 40 24 MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY - 1 PALOMA BLANCA- George Baker Selection 6 MELANCOLIA -Jose Augusto (EMI) Conway Twitty /Loretta Lynn (MCA) Donny & Marie Osmond (MGM) - (Warner) 7 Y TE VAS -Jose Luis Perales (Hispavox) 5 BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS - Acuff-Rose (Mike Curb) 2 FOX ON THE RUN -Sweet (RCA) 8 I CAN HELP -Billy Swan (CBS) Bobby Angel (Plum) 41 42 I DO I DO -Abba (Epic) -Bocu 3 ONLY YOU CAN-Fox (GTO/DGG) 9 NAMUELA -*Julio Iglesias (Columbia) 6 BYE BYE BABY -Bay City Rollers (Bell) 42 41 IT OUGHTA SELL A MILLION -Lyn 4 DEINE SPUREN IM SAND -Howard 10 FERIA -Los Puntos (Polydor) BELGIUM 7 LADY -Styx (RCA) Paul (Polydor) -Cookaway Carpendale (EMI) LPs (Courtesy Humo) 8 VIVA ESPANA -The Boones (Tamla (Mavid MacKay) 5 REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE -Gloria Gaynor This SINGLES Motown) 43 38 SING BABY SING -Stylistics (MGM /DGG) Week This 9 IF -Telly Savalas (MCA) (Avco)-Avemb /Cyril Shane 6 I CAN DO IT -The Rubettes (State /DGG) 1 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR/ Week 10 YOU HART IS WEER MYNE -Heintje (Hugo/Luigi/Weiss) 7 OH BOY -Mud (RAK /EMI) SOUNDTRACK-(Movieplay) 1 IF YOU GO -Barry & Eileen (Decca) Simons (Polydor)

www.americanradiohistory.com 55 General News MEXICAN INTERVIEW Latin Hotbed In New York Blues Dip Continued from page 3 Latin music, he says. In a typical their parents who remain his fans. week in New York, he will play Continued from page 3 Brazilian Music So he has two generations of listen- dances at the Pan American Motor promotion for new artists. No one ers in the same family. He sees a Inn in Queens on Monday; Jupiters could hype. We knew by the time of marriage dance -wise between Latin in Hempstead, L.I., on Tuesday; the first mail 48 hours after the first Going Pop -Mendes and soul music, not with rock. Binochios in Flatbush on Wednes- play whether it was a hit. By MARV FISHER Musically he hasn't changed his day; the Haadai on Staten Island on Howard Allison, president of Er- sound, with trumpets and saxes fea- Thursday; Hipo Campo in the nie's and a onetime indie label dis- MEXICO CITY- Sergio Mendes of Brasil '77 muses about its inter- tured playing against each other and Bronx on Friday; the New York Ca- tributor in Nashville, agrees. In the predicts Brazilian music is catching national potential. "It is even more in tandem. He adds three trombones sino in Manhattan on Saturday and early seventies, Allison estimates on with pop artists like Stevie Won- accentuated now with such estab- for concerts and plays tunes such as Chateau Madrid or Le Magantle in that Ernie's got 500 orders daily 260 der, , Eric Clapton, Cat lished and up- and -coming compos- "You Are The Sunshine Of My Manhattan on Sunday. work days of the year, all from the Stevens and Elton John. All recently ers and singers down there like Mil- Life," "Don't You Worry About A He also plays dances at the Tower show. have paid visits and have incorpo- ton Nascimento, Dori Caymmi, Thing," "Can't Take My Eyes Off in the Time -Life Building, at ball- The WLAC segments, which were rated into recordings some of the Gilbert Gil and Jorge Ben." Of You" for Anglo patrons who can rooms of the New York Hilton and sold to advertisers on a monthly ideas found along Rio de Janeiro's Mendes, during the past six join in the dancing with their Latin Waldorf-Astoria; Corsos, a Manhat- basis 45 minutes each, beaches and the streets of Sao Paulo. months has played dates in Japan, of normally compatriots and not feel hindered tan ballroom, the famous Roseland provided the opportunity for the "One of the reasons there will be a Hong Kong, the Philippines, and by the Spanish language lyrics of the Ballroom plus El Caborojeno, an- mail-order retailer to insert his latest new era is that there are more people other parts of the Orient. He also re- other tunes in the book. other Manhattan ballroom. catalog or mailing piece in with the writing down there. Their influence turned home for the first time in six Puente says it costs between Locally he plays Binochios and order. Gilbert Brown, manager of is bound to filter back up north to years. $5,000 to $7,000 a week to keep the the Palladium with a brand of music Randy's, oldest in experience with the United States," he says. "They Besides a series of personal ap- band working in New York. He he himself classifies as "Latin in root the WLAC in that he also have that knack of knowing pearances in Rio and Sao Paulo, programming works on a flat fee, no percentages. with American harmonies and mod- working with it in 1946, re- how to write hauntingly good melo- Mendes & Co. were partnered in a started Seattle seems to be discovering ern melodic interpretations." lates that the reorder on a printed dies, something I feel will always television special with TV Global. It sustain." was shown on one of the Brazilian catalog sheet was excellent. All the radio retailers offered both Brazilian music has long had a networks recently, and later he ex- where the different type of rhythm, the leader pects a sale in the U.S. and Canada. Music City's Turnaround singles and LP packages, Continued from page 3 creased efficiency and watched defi- listener bought a preselected pack- spend up to $200,000 in print cits disappear this past year. age of announced singles or LPs, at a media," says Wallichs. "Our spots "We will not cut down on adver- bargain price. Brown had 15 em- `McCloud' Show Breaks Up constantly are heard on eight to 10 tising," says Wallichs. "That's the ployes. Now he has six. He remem- radio stations in Los Angeles and key to merchandising." bers when his best -seller 20 singles The Day At Rainbow Plant Orange counties and we also do a The first Music City shop was were on Aristocrat, Miracle, Savoy, few direct mailings. opened in 1930 by Clyde's older Aladdin, Specialty, Chess, Atlantic LOS ANGELES -A show depict- Rainbow's largest account, making "Television once was an effective brother. In 1938, it was moved from and Mercury. ing record piracy on NBC -TV's up 40 percent of its business, the medium but it has become too ex- Ivar St. to its present location. On catalog orders, buyers paid 69 "McCloud" series to launch the fall most important r &b product pressed pensive, and keeping the visuals cur- "When Glenn began devoting full cents plus postage and handling for season was shot at the Rainbow for Pickwick is De -Lite Records' rent is no longer possible," Wallichs time to Capitol Records in 1949 and 78s. Catalog orders still pay full list Record Pressing Plant in Santa Mon- Kool And The Gang, says Brown. notes. I took over Music City," Clyde re- normally, except on special pack- ica. The entire Rainbow staff was About 250 persons are employed calls, "its annual gross was $300,000. ages. `Blues and black gospel orders In the past, Rainbow was heavily began falling off when that reper- used as extras. NBC chose the plant involved in pressing r &b product, in Wallichs' operation and all but And as I recall, that single store sold toire started to become more popu- because it is one of the area's oldest primarily for Liberty Records. How- the El Toro store are operating prof- more records than any other on the lar and many more stores carried it, operators. ever, in recent years it had given up itably, Wallichs declares. West Coast. but it was still good business until Rainbow, developers of thin (em- r &b, only to re -enter the field for With previous year losses of "The times," he concludes, "they WLAC dropped the evening time," bossed) plastic records, is currently Casablanca Records. The plant now $300,000, the Music City boss who have a- changed. And they'll be Brown says. heavily into pressing commercial presses Casablanca's full line. serves as chairman, president and a- changing more in the months and r &b product. chief operating officer, craftily year ahead. One does not stand still Randy's has a 60-page catalog, Brown states Laff "In 1969," says Jack Brown, presi- proudly that pared operations to the bone, in- in this business." published yearly, which has stabi- dent and owner of Rainbow Press- Records, the largest manufacturer of lized mail -order volume somewhat, ing, "I could not afford to keep sev- black risque records, is pressed by Brown says. He prints from 50,000 to eral accounts, and business dropped Rainbow, adding that business is in- 75,000 copies annually. He gets no creasing in the area of comedy mer- New AOA Label Sets Up from $1 million annually to co -op ad help from any label on the $500,000. chandise. catalog, he states. "During the past two years, how- Rainbow, noted for pressing chil- National Distrib Network All three houses get letters and ever, business has increased bring- dren's records, made its first talking LOS ANGELES -Distributors for Record Merchandising was even phone calls asking why they are ing me back over the $1 million toy (an easter egg) in 1950. "We are the new Artists of America label granted the Los Angeles and San not on WLAC with blues packages. mark." the creators of the audio for Mattel's here have been set by Vito Samela, Francisco areas, Samela reports, Brown, Allison and Lewis have tried Although Pickwick Records is Chatty Cathy doll," says Brown. sales director. while Memphis Sounds will handle spots on other 50,000 -watters. All The New York, and Memphis. ABC Records and Tape is admit it hasn't worked for them. Massachusetts areas are being serv- set in Seattle. They feel older blacks listened to the Chess /Janus Reorganizes Forces iced by SMG except for Boston, The first single on the label, fea- WLAC habitually because of long musical period devoted to their NEW YORK -Chess /Janus Rec- moved the operation to the West which is handled via Disc Distribut- turing Paul Delicato, was released music. They stopped tuning in until ords held reorganizational meetings Coast. At that time, president Mar- ing Inc. Universal has the Phila- last week and Delicato is out on tour after midnight now when the black in Los Angeles July 9 -11 at which vin Schlachter and vice president delphia area, Joseph M. Zamoiski promoting with an assist from The gospel tone the parent GRT Corp. reaffirmed its Stan Hoffman were relieved of their covers Baltimore and Washington, George Sherlock, AOA's promotion gospel starts. of commitment to the label. In addi- duties. D.C. chief. show is not right for blues commer- cials, they feel. tion, new head Eddie DeJoy made Tom Bonett, GRT executive vice All South has New Orleans, Bib Lewis has tried packages and several executive appointments (see president, reemphasized that his the Charlotte and Heilicher Bros. spots on WWL, New Orleans, for Executive Turntable). company is still very much behind the Atlanta operations, as well as Dallas- Houston and all of Florida. country records and tapes since Chess /Janus closed its New York Chess /Janus. During the meetings, Promo Payoff Roberts has been given St. Louis, WLAC dropped the blues show. offices several weeks ago, and designed to reorganize the label's ex- MS covers Chicago and Action Mu- For Wherehouse "But the country buyer isn't as re- ecutive structure, a &r vice president sic is covering Cleveland, Cincin- LOS ANGELES -Thirty of the ceptive and doesn't react as quickly Allan Mason stressed the impor- new product as did the black nati, Buffalo and Pittsburgh. In De- Wherehouse stores in Los Angeles, to tance of new albums by Ray Ste- troit, it's ARC -Jay Kay. Heilicher Orange, Riverside and San Ber- buyer," Lewis states. vens, Camel and Caravan. He cited Bros. was awarded Minneapolis, nardino counties have returned Allison has gone to much greater to his Latin these as the top priority projects of Alta has Phoenix and Record Sales enough Mountain Dew promo cou- direct mail pitches 550,000 the company. of Colorado covers Denver. pons to Jim Kolitz, merchandising mailing list, but it doesn't make up for the mail resulting from the for- vice president, to have him seek ad- Scene ditional carbonated beverage tie -ins mer WLAC show. "I remember that some years ago the postal depart- Continued from page 31 with Pepsi -Cola Bottling of South- ern California. ment told us we were doing $90,000 She records there for Hispavox... Los Angeles Concerts in postage yearly," Allison recalls. Musart this month releases MCA Though he has no exact count, "We'll top that by some this year for soundtrack album of "Jaws," antici- Continued from page 31 and should have been followed by Kolitz likes the double dividend the certain." pating early release of the film in the an encore. Things were certainly hot stores received: a two -week radio Federal District, possibly before the An electric keyboard vamped enough. spot saturation campaign early in London's Cy House end of the year. against the brass and reeds and then But Puente never returned. That, June, which combined plugs for the Pedro Infante Jr., following the answered the calls from the horns. marked with the way Bobo had each John Denver TV show, which the Dies In Atlanta a rip- roaring big footsteps of his famous father as singer All the elements of of his sidemen take a solo and then bottler sponsored, plus details of the ATLANTA -Cy House, 58, 28- and actor in this country, received band were present and the audience never return to say goodnight, left Wherehouse coupon offer. year veteran of wholesaling in the in its seats. piano, big reception from fans in Vera Cruz bounced The the audience with bad feelings. The bottler printed 400,000 six - record /tape industry, died here last earlier this month.... Gamma push- conga and timbales were actually a No one wanted to depart after pack cartons, which carried full week of a heart attack. ing composer -singer Carlos Luengo, separate unit within the orchestra Puente but the show was over. This color advertising for an inner -carton House had been with London force. following healthy signs off his latest working as a cohesive sound concert did nothing to help generate coupon offering $1 off ticket price Records in various posts for the past single, "Yo Te Quiero Tanto" ( "I The fourth tune, a fiery salsa, interest in Latin jazz here. The sec- on any Denver LP or tape. In addi- 15 years. He recently returned to his Love You Too Much ").... Lucha brought out vocalist Tito Allen to ond show reportedly drew a larger tion, 350,000 shelf- takers, the pads post as southeast regional director Villa, in Spain on a personal appear- duet with Puente while the band of- audience and the musicians stayed of coupons pasted up near displays for the label when London switched ance tour, getting good results there fered controlled pandemonium. The on longer. But the people at the first of 64 -ounce bottles, offered the $1 to Tara Dist. here from a branch op- with her latest album, "Maria De closer, in which Puente finally show all knew they had been discount if turned in with two cap eration which House had adminis- Los Guardios." MARV FISHER played timbales, was the flagwaver gypped. liners. tered:

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series of disco rockers, mood ballads, mid -tempo rockers and Spotlight even a cut that finds her sounding remarkably like . Ms. Cole is a controlled better in the style of with a voice adaptable enough to handle the several SPINNERS -Pick Of The Litter, Atlantic SD 18141. styles she tackles. Instrumental backing ranges from simple One of the country's superb singing groups returns to the to intricate string arrangements typical of some of the best of GLEN CAMPBELL- Rhinestone Cowboy, Capitol SW- 11430. more uptempo sound it used so well before they slowed contemporary pop /soul. Producers Chuck Jackson (who has Following his enormously successful title cut single, Campbell things down on the last LP and come up with the familiar been a star on his own for years) and Marvin Yancy penned comes up with his first LP produced by Dennis Lambert and trademark that so many have tried to copy. A few ballads the wide variety of material and have done a creditable job of Brian Potter. The result is a set that moves Campbell a step work well, but the majority of the cuts contain the intri- serving up a mix of material for the lady's debut. away from the almost MOR image he has acquired in the past cate lead vocals with harmonies acting as a separate lead Best cuts: "Needing You," "Inseparable," "I Can't Say few years and much closer to a contemporary country /rock that have characterized most of their hits. Female No," "Something For Nothing," "How Come You Won't Stay sound. As well as new material, Campbell moves through old backup vocals used throughout. Excellent falsetto vocals Here," "You." soul hits, country hits and rock from the past. Good mix of from several members to show they can handle that end Dealers: One offspring definitely not riding on parent's some of the strongest straight rock Campbell has handled in of things as well. The disco feel is there on the uptempo coat tails, and Capitol is readying large push. years, as well as country and several of the love ballad style cuts, but more important each is a bit different -some songs that made him a major name on the recording scene. sounding like straight soul, others like pop material and JIM GILSTRAP -Swing Your Daddy, Roxbury RLX -102. Top Los Angeles musicians Dean Parks and Ben Benay lend a even one sounding like a nostalgic bounce tune. Group Singer who scored well on the soul and pop listings with title hand on guitar, with Michael Omartian working keyboards. backed by the MFSB orchestra. Usual fine production cut comes up with set that mixes the disco sound used so Strings courtesy of Sid Sharp. Campbell is making a move from Thom Bell. well by the TK group of recording artists with the artist's own

here similar to the one recently made by Johnny Cash -up- Best cuts: "Honest I Do," "I Don't Want To Lose You," distinctive vocals, which sound in spots remarkably like those dating himself without abandoning the style that made him "Sweet Love Of Mine," "All That Glitters Ain't Gold," of the young Marvin Gaye. Instrumentals are simple for the popular. "Games People Play." most part, with a Caribbean flavor often surfacing. Songs Best cuts: "Country Boy (You've Got Your Feet In L.A.)," Dealers: One of America's supergroups. from the likes of Smokey Robinson, Lamont Dozier, Dave Ap- "Count On Me," "My Girl," "Rhinestone Cowboy," "Marie,' pell and producer Kenny Nolan, who has produced a number "We're Over." of disco hits with Bob Crewe. Majority of set, however, pro- Dealers: Tie in with still rising single hit. duced by . Arrangements shared by Larry Muhobe- Best cuts: "Let's Go To The Disco," "Just One Look," rac and . "Don't Go Looking For Love," "Disco Dan," "Rescue Me." RAY THOMAS -From Mighty Oaks, Threshold THS 18 (Lon- Best cuts: "Put Out The Fire," "Ain't That Peculiar," Dealers: Let people know that McCoy is the man behind don). Thomas, Moody Blues' flautist and composer, has got "House Of Strangers," "Swing Your Daddy (Parts 1 & 2)." this soulful trio. himself a very respectable first solo LP. The blend of classi- Dealers: Dancing feet on cover indicate this is for the dis- cal, and rock with several other musical elements is close to cos. perfect. All of the pressings are in quad sound and this adds RONNIE LAWS- Pressure Sensitive, Blue Note NB- LA452- to Thomas' compositions. Not another beautiful dimension ACE SPECTRUM -Low Rent Rendevous, Atlantic SD 18143. G (United Artists). Tenor and soprano saxman Laws (his relying strictly on his group's past merits, Thomas instead One of the new wave soul groups (a la Spinners, Blue Magic) brother is flutist Hubert Laws) makes an impressive debut in Moody's intermixed with cre- throws bits and pieces of the who mix intricate vocal harmonies, a solid disco beat, strings Country after playing on scores of sessions in Los Angeles. There is an ative pen of this man. Sharing the composing chores on the and flowing melodic songs. Three strong singers here, with infectious flow to the opening cut, "Always There" which sets a who is album are Nicky James, British performer finally falsetto vocals trading off well with more standard tenors and DOC WATSON- Memories, United Artists 0798. It's tradi- the tone for the eight tracks. Several members of the Crusa- coming into his own. exceptionally well done production from group member Ed tional music, in the Doc Watson style, mostly of songs he ders lend their skills to Ronnie's LP, notably bassist Wilton "High Best cuts: "From Mighty Oaks," "Play It Again," Zant and producer Tony Silvester. Material ranges from heard in his youth. It's all acoustic music, of course, but it's Felder and keyboardist Joe Sample. The material has a solid, Above My Head," "Love Is The Key," "I Wish We Could Fly." raucous soul cuts to smooth ballads, with one cut spotlighted the sort which has made Watson fans listen for years. Some of driving quality designed to cross into the commercial soul Dealers: Stock this in the Moody's section, but most im- by a classical intro that remains subtly in the background the tunes are adaptations, some are pretty much as they were bag -and the music accomplishes that goal. "Momma" is a portantly let the buyers know where this man came from. The throughout the song, another cut turning into a nine minute performed originally. But they all have that special touch. fat, tasty gumbo of vocal sounds interspersed with hunky cover art is beautiful. vocal /instrumental extravaganza and another featuring a Best cuts: "Miss The Mississippi And You," "Wabash Can- tonk tenor parts. The music really swings. well handled talking intro. Secret here is the use of a little bit nonball," "My Rose Of Old Kentucky," "Blues Stay Away Best cuts: "Tidal Wave," "Momma," "Tell Me Something ARTHUR BROWN -Dance With, Gull GU6-405S1 (Motown). of everything and an overuse of nothing. Overall sound could From Me." Good." the three are A long shot here as the man who became best known for his be considered a Spinners/Stylistics mix, but Dealers: It's a double album, full of old -time favorites in- Dealers: A new jazz group with strong soul and pop cross- of Silvester's one time group, the Main frenetic, zany version of "Fire" a number of years back comes originals. Influence cluding bluegrass, square -dance music, and things that are over capabilities. is up with a MOR, rock (both contemporary and Ingredient, also felt. just plain listenable. blend of blues, RUSSELL MORRIS, RCA APL1 -1073. The initial American Romance Rendevous)," oldies) in the same distinctive but less gimmicky technique Best cuts: "Third Rent (Low Rent LP by Morris, a hit -maker on the Australian scene, contains a days. Brown "," "I Just Want To Spend The Night With he used during his earlier captures the earthi- full- bodied array of songs. Evoking memories of Cat Stevens, Yester- ness of the early Eric Burdon style in his vocal delivery, but You," "Laughter In The Rain," "Do You Remember among others, Morris has a good shot of hitting the charts. manages to throw in a hint of Tom Jones (also early) from day." The folk -rock sound could catch on and make a dent. Dealers: Band is favorite of the disco set. time to time. Material ranges from serious to off the wall, with Best cuts: "Wings Of An Angel," "Sweet Sweet Love," the seriousness dominating. Instrumentation is generally ba- "Hard Road," "Blue Eyed Girl," "Don't Rock The Boat," "I Sleeping Beauty, Motown M6- Sunburst, Blue Note NB- LA464 -G sic with subtle strings and horns a good background. Other LENNY WILLIAMS -Rise EDDIE HENDERSON- Remember When." 843S1. Ex -Tower Of Power lead voice makes solo debut with a (United Artists). Multi- talented Henderson has a field day via styles include a partly reggae tune and a nostalgic sounding Dealers: In -store play could result in sales. piece. All in all, the artist combines the vocal strengths of his potpourri of disco, moody ballads and even a message song or trumpet, flugelhorn and cornet playing some explosive, com- early days with far better material. two that come across extremely well. Williams has sur- plex and outrageous modernist jazz. The music involves some Spotlight -the most outstanding of the week's releases; picks -pre- Best cuts: "We've Got To Get Out Of This Place," "Helen rounded himself with musicians like Eddie Henderson and exploratory moods and some down to earth ersatz funk. Tech- dicted for the top half of the chart in the opinion of the reviewer; gets a soul /jazz feel on several of the cuts. The disco material nical excellence is the hallmark of guest soloists George With The Sun," "Crazy," "Dance," "Out Of Time" (the Stones recommended -predicted to hit the chart among the lower half posi- cut), "Soul Garden." tends to the simplistic TK approach, laying down a heavy bot- Duke, Julian Priester, Bennie Maupin. Hip shaking tempos tions or other albums of superior quality; review editor: Bob Kirsch; Dealers: Brown retains strong fan cult. tom without cluttering the rest of the track. The ballads fea- seem to have been on everyone's minds. The title tune in- reviewers: Eliot 'Tiegel, Nat Freedland, Claude Hall, Bill Williams, ture smooth strings for a generally lush background. Williams corporates some sprinkly synthesizer effects and some eerie Jim Melanson, Is Horowitz, Bob Kirsch, Jim Fishel. vocals are also highly adaptable, ranging from nearly falsetto horns. This LP qualifies as a current copy of the kind of 1975 UFO -Force It, Chrysalis CHR 1074 (Warner Bros.). Long - to a more standard tenor sound. LP sounds little like Tower Of jazz which young people are enjoying. shot here, but Warner Bros. and Chrysalis have always done Power, which is to Williams' credit. Best cuts: "Involuntary Bliss," "Sunburst." admirable jobs with British hard rock bands and this is one of Best cuts: "Since I Met You," "I'm A Pioneer," "Cause I Dealers: In -store play will help attract customer's ears; the better ones. Produced by ex -Ten Years After member Leo Billboard's Love You," "Shame," "Loving Station," "Rise Sleeping this is currently in vogue music. Lyons, the quartet revolve their sound around a thundering Beauty." lead guitar and the shouting vocals of Phil! Mogg. Nothing DAVID SANBORN -Taking Off, Warner Bros. BS 2873. First Dealers: Stress artist's background. Recommended LPs overly original here, but the project is well done and the full fledged jazz product from Warner Bros. in some time fea- sound is the basic one that seems more appealing these days LEA ROBERTS -Lady Lea, United Artists UA- LA418 -G. One tures talent sax man in a variety of styles. Sanborn sounds than it has in some time. A tour is necessary, but band could of the stronger voiced and more versatile of the new soul styl- at times as if he is blending in perfectly with a big band. At PoP hit big if pushed. Lead guitarist Michael Schenker equally ists runs through a wide grouping of material, from straight he sounds like the leader of a small combo. Artist others, SHA NA NA -Sha Na Now, Kama Sutra KSBS 2605 (Buddah). adept at picking or playing chords a la Pete Townshend. rock to straight soul to almost supper club ballads. Ms. Rob- stays with alto sax throughout, working it up to a piercing A real surprise here, as the boys who have made their name Best cuts: "Let It Roll," "Shoot Shoot," "Out In The erts' vocals are soulfully powerful in the tradition of a Betty level and bringing it back into focus. Help from Randy and by faithfully and skillfully duplicating oldies come up with Street," "Too Much Of Nothing." Everett, while the production of Denny Diante and Spencer Mike Brecker as well as guitarists Joe Beck and Buzzy Feiten. more new material than old for the first time on an LP. Last Dealers: Check local FM playlists. That's where this one Proffer is enhancing without being overbearing. Singer will Strings' also play an important role in second side of set, LP featured a few new ones, but this set contains some excel- will break from. undoubtably break pop sooner or later, but is a more soul a remains this which includes suite of sorts. Still, Sanborn the lent serious ballads featuring strong lead and harmony vocals oriented set. Another plus in her favor -the music is soul in star and featured player. Moods move from pure jazz to disco as well as a good oldies parody and the band's usual good the style of the '60s, with the emphasis on vocals and instru- to Latin to an almost classical feel. work on oldie material. Even a good disco instrumental here. mental arrangements rather than a straight disco beat. Best cuts: "Butterfat," "Duck Ankles," "The Whisperer," Best cuts: "Shot Down In Denver," "The Only Light On The Best cuts: Right Now," "Lost In Your Love," "Don't "Black Light," Light." "All "Blue Horizon," "Sha- Bumpin'," "(Just Like) Romeo And Juliet." Soundtracks Let It Mess Your Mind," "She Will Break Your Heart," Dealers: Warners most likely set to push effort. "Chained To A Memory." GENTLE GIANT -Free Hand, Capitol ST- 11428. Standard well BUDDY RICH -Big Band Machine, Groove Merchant, GM Dealers: Singer has had several soul hits. done mix of rock, electronics, jazz and classical instrumental 3307. Rich has returned to his big -band setting and this al- CHICAGO -Original Cast, Arista, 9005. Bob Fosses hit new arrangements from British group with almost chorale like vo- THE DYNAMIC SUPERIORS-Pure Pleasure, Motown M6- bum couldn't be sweeter. The band is one of his best ever and musical with songs by Kander and Ebb is a runaway smash. cals used in intricate arrangements. As always, strong point is 84151. Quintet come up with rocking set featuring strong use with the master's drums guiding them onward, they soar. As On this LP, all of the play's excitement and 1930's Chicago with FM play and familiarity of fans with import material. of harmonizing as lead vocals, a falsetto lead from time to usual, Rich has chosen himself a youthful band and material. spirit is caught by producer- engineer Phil Ramone. All of the Best cuts: "Free Hand," "On Reflection," "His Last Voyage." and lots powerful Five also make good him in the big -band are some fine music is snappy with standout singing performances by Gwen time of disco tunes. Accompanying musicians use of the format. most likely its vari- including Peter BROWNSVILLE STATION -Motor City Connection, Big Tree BT Verdon (Sweet Charity), Chita Rivera (Bye Bye Birdie) and ballad LP owes much of Steve Marcus, Bob Mintzer, Yellin and Danny 89510 (Atlantic). Heavy metal trio isn't really doing anything Jerry Orbach (Promises Promises). Several of the song's have ous styles to the four arrangers used (including Al Gorgoni Hayes. This band has the ability to create musical pictures, and William Eaton) and the group's ability to interpret the both of sensitive beauty and rip-roaring pandemonium. different than on previous efforts, but they do it well. One a chance for airplay, although many contain blue lyrics that good solid ballad is included, as well as a nine- and -a -half- will hurt those chances. work of Nick Askford and Valerie Simpson (who penned all Best cuts: "Three Day Sucker," "Tommy Medley," "On but one cut). Instrumental work is the usual excellent Mo- Broadway," "Pieces Of Dreams," "Ease On Down The Road," minute cut on what it Likes to be involved in the world of rock. Best cuts: "All That Jazz," "All I Care About," "Roxie," town Guitar of Cub Koda, metallic, stinging and excellent, domi- "Razzie Dazzle," "Mr. Cellophane," "Class." combination of funkiness and smoothness. "West Side Story Medley '75." Best Mellow," And Run Dealers: One of Let nates set. Best cuts: "Give It To Get It," "They Call Me Rock Dealers: The cover is eye- catching. cuts: "Pleasure," "Feeling "Hit the real classic performers. the buyers Lovers," "A Better Way," "Don't Give Up On Me Baby." know he's back with a large group again. 'N' Roll," "You Know Better." Dealers: LP receiving much stronger airplay than last ef- A CHORUS LINE -Original Cast Recording, Columbia PS BUDDY MILES -More Miles Per Gallon, Casablanca NBLP fort. 33581. This cast record of the highly -acclaimed musical has 7019. Usual good blend of rock and soul from singer/drum- been winningly and wonderfully produced with the expertise FAITH, HOPE & CHARITY, RCA APL1.1100. FH &P's first re- mer Miles, with distinct Stevie Wonder sound on several of of Goddard Lieberson. It's extraordinarily good for that rea- lease on this label, after several on Sussex Records, is totally the cuts. Miles also handles synthesizer, guitar, bass and a son, capturing much of the anxiety and fast -paced mood of disco -oriented. The production by Van McCoy is supreme and number of other instruments here, which one strong instru- the play itself. The LP should do very nicely in sales. several of the songs could catch play in the discos, as well as FiistlimeAiound mental shows his skill at. Best cuts: "Rockin' And Rollin' On Best cuts: "One," "What I Did For Love." on r &b and pop radio stations. Featuring two girls and one NATALIE COLE- Inseparable, Capitol ST- 11429. Daughter The Streets Of Hollywood," "Nasty Disposition," "Nichols Dealers: Marvin Hamlisch's name as the play's composer guy on vocals. Each of the singers gets a chance to shine on of the great Nat King Cole demonstrates she is a highly com- Canyon Funk." help should draw people to the bins. their own. petent talent on her own as she weaves her way through a (Continued on page 58)

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103. Hu- MUNDY Eyes And Waltzes (3:19); producer: DENNIS TRACY-Dance With The Devil (3:07); producer: Da- Winn; publisher: Little Peanut, ASCAP. Midget JIM -Blue ABC 12120. o0 vid Kershenbaum; writer: Dennis Tracy; publisher: Almo, morous title and a strong disco sound highlight this rocker. Don Gant; writer: T. Austin; Full Swing (ASCAP); long has been one of the great singers around, vastly ASCAP. 20th Century 2221. Strong, jumping saxophone work throughout. Mundy underrated. Here he has what may be the right vehicle, a LLOYD AND CHRISTIAN -I Go To Pieces (2:50); pro- c'rn Pop non COTTON, JANICE -I Told You So (3:20); producers: Fuqua, Saddler good song, and hopefully it will bring him the accolades and ducers: Mike Curb & Michael Lloyd; writer: Del Shannon; & Barnett; writers: Saddler -Barnett; publisher: Saddler- sales results it deserves. Flip: Holdin' On; writers: G. Sherley/ publisher: Mole Hole, BMI. 20th Century 2217. H. Sandera; Tuckahoe (BMI). CARPENTERS -Solitaire (4:40); producer: Richard Carpen- BMI. Fantasy 748. Good mid -tempo soul cut with disco ter; writers: Neil Sedaka -Phil Cody; publishers: Don Kirsh- LOU CHRISTIE- Summer Days (3:17); producer: Tony bottom and title that works well as hook. Crossover possi- LOIS JOHNSON -Hope For The Flowers (3:09); producer: ner /Kirshner, BMI /ASCAP. A &M 1721. Already on the Hot Romeo; writer: Tony Romeo; publisher: Screen Gems /Colum- bilities here. Vienneau; writers: Dan Silvers & Warren Keith; Hank Wil- 100, the pair that never seem to miss take the already well bia, BMI. Slipped Disc 45270 (Elektra /Asylum). Jim 1 liams Jr. 20th Century 2223. Again a blending of the known Sedaka tune and come up with a sweet sounding bal- GOT -CHA'- Makin' Love To Ya' -Pt. (3:37); producer: (BMI); Roy Ronor, BMI. right song, producer and singer, and it comes out great. Flip: lad that builds into a powerful, mid -tempo cut. Usual strong, Roy Norman; writer: Norman; publisher: expressive Karen Carpenter vocals and excellent production Sterling Disc 101. Smooth sounding soul sound with a Phila- No info. from brother Richard. Expect strong MOR as well as pop play. delphia Sound styled arrangement combined with elements of the B.T. Express toward end of song. T.G. SHEPPARD- Another Woman (3:07); producers: Jack THE DOOBIE BROTHERS-Sweet Maxine (3:42); producer: Gilmer, Bill Browder; writers: Dan Penn, Buzz Cason; Dan Ted Templeton; writers: Simmons -Johnston; publishers: Laos - DOUGLAS ALAN DAVIS -Move A Little Closer (2:45); pro- Penn (BMI) and Buzz Cason (ASCAP); Melodyland ME 6016F. downe/WB/Windecor, ASCAP /BMI. Warner Bros. 8126. An- JOE SIMON -Music In My Bones (3:49); producers: Rae- ducer: D.A. Davis; writer: D.A. Davis; publishers: Beech - Fresh from his latest album, this up -tempo song already has other disk already on the charts, the Doobies return to their ford Gerald & Joe Simon; writers: Raeford Gerald -Joe Simon; wood /Idea Factory, BMI. Capitol 4121. Good, melodic pop/ been picked by many disk jockeys, and others will be on it own material for this powerhouse rocker that sounds in spots publishers: Gaucho /Belinda, BMI. Spring 159 (Polydor). MOR styled song with strong summer quality. right away. Flip: No info. like "China Grove." Group's perfected controlled wall of Coming off a top five pop hit, Simon applies his distinctive sound technique used well here. vocal style to a rocker that offers him full opportunity to show off his powerful voice. Busy but uncluttered background with recommended ALICE COOPER-Department Of Youth (2:50); producer: voices, clapping hands and disco oriented instrumental work. Bob Erzin; writers: Cooper -Wagner -Erzin; publishers: Erza/ Expect pop crossover. Flip: Fire Burning (3:25); info same in DON GIBSON -Don't Stop Loving Me (2:26); producer: Wes- Early Frost /, BMI. Atlantic 45 -3280. Hot on the all categories. ley Rose; writer: Don Gibson; Acuff Rose (EMI); Hickory 353. heels of his top 20 Only Women Bleed" ballad cut, Cooper DUNCAN returns to his trademarked defiant rocking here, with a sound JOHNNY -Jo And The Cowboy (3:16); producer: similar to "School's Out" and "I'm Eighteen." Fun lyrics, recommended Larry Gatlin; writer: Johnny Duncan; Combine (BMI); Colum- BRENDA LEE- Bringing It Back (3:07); producer: Owen bia 3-10182. strong singing and with artist in the midst of a world tour, FAITH, HOPE & CHARITY -To Each His Own (3:23); producer: Bradley; writer: Greg Gordon; Silberline (BMI); MCA 40442. good chance for exposure. Van McCoy; writer: Van McCoy; publishers: Van McCoy/ This excellent singer (and fine lady) with the true pitch and DARRELL McCALL- Helpless (2:00); producer: Glenn Sutton; Warner -Tamerland, BMI. RCA JH- 10343. the feeling for a song sings a lovely ballad, with the sort of writer: Bob Morris; Four Star (BMI); AVE 615. AWB -If I Ever Lose This Heaven (3:41); producer: Arif publishers: Almo /Jobete, THE DYNAMIC SUPERIORS- Nobody's Gonna Change Me feeling she has exhibited for years. Brenda just doesn't miss. Mardin; writers: Ware- Sawyer; BRIAN COLLINS - Love (3:04); producer: Jim Fogle- soul stars (2:58); producers: Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson; writers: Flip: No info. ASCAP. Atlantic 45 -3285. Scottish blue eyed turn song; writer: J.D. Southern; Goldenspread/Benchmark Nick -O ASCAP. Mo- out their first vocal cut since they hit the big time. Same N. Ashford -V. Simpson; publisher: -Val, SONNY JAMES -What In The World's Come Over You (ASCAP); ABC -Dot DOA 17564. funky, James Brown influenced instrumental flavor as on pre- town 1359F. writer: J. Scott; Starf ire (2:30); producer: George Richey; Mareno; vious two hits, with strong sax break and good, soulful vocals. THE PARAGONS Lovin' You (3:20); producer: Archie Rus- LEROY VAN DYKE - Busted (2:21); producer: Ricci -Oh (ASCAP); Columbia 3- 10184. Something of an old- fashioned Good disco sound. sell; writer: Sam Dees; publisher: Moonsong, BMI. Buddah writer: Harlan Howard; Tree (BMI); ABC -Dot DOA 17567. sound, which is refreshing, and Sonny continues to sing as he 478. B.T. EXPRESS -Give It What You Got (3:45); producer: Jeff once did when he had the great hits. This is pleasant listen- -The Letter That Johnny Walker Read Lane; writer: Solomon Roberts; publishers: Triple 0 /Jeff -Mat, THE FIESTAS -I Can't Shake Your Love (Can't Shake You ing, good production, and has everything going for it. Flip: No (3:15); producer: Tommy Allsup; writers: Preston, Benson, BMI. Roadshow 7003 (Scepter). Another disco special from Loose) (3:43); producers: Randy Stewart & Willie Hall; info. Frayne; Asleep At The Wheel (BMI); Capitol P -4115. the Brooklyn congregation that seems to hit pop, soul and writers: George Parks -Randy Stewart; publishers: East -Mem- DON WIWAMS Out The Light And) Love Me -I Can't Stand To Hear You Say Goodbye disco all at once. Same repetitious beat that characterized phis /Half & Half, BMI. Respect 2509 (Stax). -(Turn Tonight (2:18); producer: Don Williams; writer: Bob McDill; (2:42); producer: Billy Ray Hearn; writer: Ray Pennington; previous hits, with a bit more emphasis on vocals than the ABC DOA 17568. Strong lyrics, well Dunbar (BMI); ABC 12116. last release and the same chanting backup that was featured Hall- Clement (BMI); -Dot delivered, and another big one for Williams, who grows in on the first hit. BILLY WALKER-If I'm Losing You (2:57); producer: Ray Pen- musical stature each time around. Flip: No info. nington: writer Gary S. Paxton; Pax House (BMI); RCA 1H BRENDA SMITH -Midnight Flight To Frisco (3:01); pro- 10345. recommended ducer: Billy Sherrill; writers: B. Smith, G. Havens; Julep FirstTimeAround Picks -a top 30 chart tune in the opinion of the review panel which (BMI); Epic 8- 50130. Another youngster being brought to the MARLENA SHAW -You Taught Me How To Speak In Love voted for the selections published this week; recommended -a tune (3:19); producer: Benard Ighner; writers: M.A. Leikin -A. Mun- THE BANG GANG -Who Said Honky's Ain't Got Soul (2:35); top by Sherrill, and she is dynamic. Excellent production, and predicted to land on the Hot 100 between 31 and 100. Review editor son; publisher: Almo, ASCAP. Blue Note 691 (United Artists). producer: A Midget Production; writers: D. Graham -B. Todd -1. fine arrangement. Flip: No info. -Bob Kirsch.

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Continued from page 56 and musicianship throughout, and one of the few balladeers arrangements of familiar songs, using a powerful voice and jazz with a commercial chance. Best cuts: "Streets Of London," contemporary musicians such is Leslie West (who also pro- BE -BOP DELUXE- Futurama, Harvest ST -11432 (Capitol). "Heron Song," "Pity The Boy." duced the set), Corky Laing and Tim Saunders. More and RONNIE FOSTER -Cheshire Cat, Blue Note BN- LA425 -G New group from Britain mixes guitar sounds with vocals that more female vocalists gaining mass popularity, and with right (United Artists). Interesting arrangements coupled with some sound like early British materials, Jethro Tull and from time to exposure on several of the songs, Ms. Valery could find a DEMIS ROUSSOS- Souvenirs, Big Tree BT 89509 (Atlantic). funky rhythm and some enervating organ work by Foster are time like Ian Hunter. Highlights are Bill Nelson's excellent whole new audience opening up for her. Vocals as skilled as Mix of Greek sounds, a disco beat and some soulful vocals melded nicely. Foster sings like Stevie Wonder. Best cuts: guitar work. Set already receiving strong FM play. Best cuts: always. Best cuts: "Play With Fire," "Music And My Man," add up to an interesting second set from top European artist. "Cheshire Cat," "Funky Motion." "Maid In Heaven," "Jean Cocteau," "Sister Seagull." "Many Rivers To Cross." Disco sound places him in strong contemporary bag, while BIRD & DIZZY -A Musical Tribute Elek Bacsik, Flying Dutch- European sound also stands out on several cuts. Singer is SUNDANCE -20th Century, T -477. Soothing, harmonic set man BOLI.1082 (RCA). The music of jazz great's Charlie RALPH McTELL- Streets, 20th Century T -486. McTell has equally effective as balladeer or belter. Best cuts: "Sing An from duo who mix acoustic and electric sounds well. Sound Parker and Dizzy Gillespie are superbly interpreted by this been a major force on the British folk scene for some years Ode To Love," "Winter Rains," "Tell Me Now" (with good use varies from an almost Moody Blues type fullness with big pro- gypsy violinist who played with Diz at one time. His work on now, and with the lead cut of this LP, a commercial yet sensi- of harmonica and female backup vocals), "Perdoname." tive look at some of the forgotten souls of a large city, he duction to softer melodies. Lots of strong FM material here, the electric violin and violectra is appealing and his treat- broke pop in England. Set is filled with acoustic ballads most likely on the uptempo cuts. Best cuts: "You Can't ment of the material is top- notch. Accompanying musicians quietly backed by strings and low key choruses, as well as DANA VALERY- Phantom BPL1 -1124 (RCA). Best known as Dance," "I Wanna See You Again," "Burned," "Diamond include , Mike Wofford and several members of several peppy Latin flavored cuts. Fine, distinctive singing an MOR singer, Ms. Valery comes up with some interesting Earrings." Supersax. Best cuts: Take your pick.

Pair Of 22 -Year -Olds Sell Alshire Int'I Asks Club Op Bows Radio Show WILMINGTON, Del. -An oper- sonality Joe Benson, who once All the Comforts Of Home $66,500 Payment ator of two discotheque nightclubs - worked at WIFT in Philadelphia. the Odysseys -is the host of a new The three -hour show features 4 ing and Faces during Continued from page of weekend radio show called "Disco - about 40 -50 percent disco music that their recording sessions in August, LOS ANGELES -Alshire Inter- rock '75" just launched by Dis- has crossover appeal; this includes national, "Most of our rented homes have the Michael Stanley Band Sessions the label and pressing communications Inc. here in the both rock and soul music. Ten min- six to seven bedrooms so that they in September, and a possible tie -in plant operated by Al Sherman in suburb of Newark. utes of commercials per hour, clust- Burbank, has filed suit against properly accommodate a group, al- with Bobby Van, which would pro- ered, are in each show. Benson says Philius Productions, Woolworth though we do have some that are vide for all acts playing his Bach- President of the new syndication that the firm is a month or so away Co., Woolco and larger and some that are smaller," elor's Three nitery to receive this Richard "Dick" firm is Richard H. Hngerbuchler. from launching a couple of other Ms. Stern, Jenkins states. "Besides record- service. seeking payment of an alleged Host of the show is former air per- shows. ing acts and touring groups, we've "If this tie -in with Bobby mate- $66,500 debt. also worked for several record com- rializes then we could keep one of Alshire claims June 30, 1975, it pany executives." the houses rented all year- round, so was contracted to provide 70,000 Musexpo '75 Adds 100 Firms Most of the company's business is that each act that plays his club two -LP sets of Judy Garland per- NEW YORK -An additional he says, are such major firms as on a tie-in basis with Criteria, and would receive our personalized serv- formances for $66,500 by Philius group of almost 100 music firms in RCA Records and CBS Records. studio head Mac Emmerman has re- ice," Ms. Jenkins says. "Another and Stern. It claims it delivered the the U.S. and Europe have been At the same time, Shashoua said portedly offered to send out Home thing that we are investigating is the 70,000 dual -packs to Woolworth, signed as participants in Musexpo arrangements have been made with At Last's brochures along with his possibility of branching out into which was to pay Philius who in turn '75, according to Roddy Shashoua, the Cesia Travel Service here for own. other markets including Los An- would pay Alshire no later than president of the event to be held in special round -trip tour service to Las Future projects include the servic- geles." June 30, 1975. Las Vegas Sept. 21 -24. Among these, Vegas at reduced rates.

www.americanradiohistory.com 59 Cap Centralizes Jukebox Programming Rock Singles Best Sellers Computer Dept. C Copyright 1975, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, Minnesota's Hanson Shows Continued from page 3 photocopying. recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. "The computer saves a lot of man hours," Robertson continues, "but it As Of 7/21/75 Off Its New Headquarters is really just an information bank, a Compiled from selected rackjobber listings by the Record Market Research Dept. of Billboard. BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -Han- the advantage of one -stop shopping, tool. The effectiveness of the tool de- 1 LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID - 22 WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS?- son Distributing Co. here an- and more coin operators are moving pends on how well it is used." Paul McCartney & Wings -Capitol War- United Artists 629 4091 I NOTHING nounced the addition of the from the city to the suburbs for bet- How does the in 23 BELIEVE THERE'S computer aid the 2 THAN LOVE Wurlitzer phonograph ter facilities and less cost per square LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER - STRONGER OUR - Deutsche various areas mentioned earlier? The Captain & Tennille -A &M Paul Anka & Odia Coates- United was for- line with an open house featuring foot of space. The company "In warehousing," says Dietz, "in- 1672 Artists 685 service schools, sales training and merly in a 3,000 square foot facility. ventory is obviously one of the im- 3 THE HUSTLE -Van McCoy & The 24 FALLIN' IN LOVE- Hamilton, Joe prize drawings. Area covered by the firm includes portant points the computer helps Soul City Symphony -Avco 4653 Frank And Reynolds -Playboy The open house, attended by op- North Dakota, South Dakota, Ne- 4 SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE 6024 control. For example, we inventory TONIGHT -Elton John -MCA 25 COULD IT BE MAGIC -Barry five states braska, Iowa, Wisconsin and Min- erators from and Canada, on a locater as opposed to sequential 40421 Manilow- Arista 0126 was also the vehicle to show off a nesota. system. New product is constantly 5 PLEASE MR. PLEASE- Olivia 26 HOW SWEET IT IS (To Be Loved By new 10,000- square foot facility in Hibarger reports that sales of the coming in, but you can't leave the Newton- John -MCA 40418 You) -James Taylor- Warner this suburb, 20 miles from the heart German Wurlitzer are slow as oper- same amount of space for all LPs, 6 JIVE TALKIN' -Bee Gees -RSO 510 Bros. 8109 of Minneapolis. ators become acquainted with the 7 MAGIC -Pilot -EMI 3993 (Capitol) 27 THAT'S WHEN THE MUSIC TAKES tapes or singles. Some artists are big- 8 MIDNIGHT BLUE -Melissa ME -Neil Sedaka- Rocket 40426 The two- year -old firm, distribu- comparatively new name. Most - ger than others and we would have Manchester -Arista HEY YOU -Bachman -Turner asked questions are concerned with 0116 28 tors of music and games, moved some bins overflowing and others 9 I'M NOT IN LOVE -10 cc- Mercury Overdrive- Mercury 73683 from the city into this industrial/ parts availability and reliability. Hi- nearly empty." 73678 (Phonogram) 29 LOVE WON'T LET ME WAIT -Major for several reasons, barger expects that exclusive terri- 10 DYNOMITE -Bazuka &M 1666 Harris -Atlantic 3248 residential area Robertson adds that each distri- -A president S. Raymond Hibarger ex- tories will be set up by the phono- 11 ROCKFORD FILES-Mike Post - 30 THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY bution center warehouse has up to MGM Denver -RCA 10239 plains. Several distributors and one - graph company as the 10 percent of 14772 BOY -John eight locations-per number that can 12 ONE OF THESE NIGHTS- RAG DOLL -Sammy Johns -GRC stops in the same area give operators sales in the U.S. expands. Eagles- 31 be stored on the computer. if an LP Asylum 45257 2062 by a major artist arrives, the foreman 13 WILDFIRE -Michael Murphey -Epic 32 PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM -Elton 8 -50084 -MCA 40364 puts it in a bin. The number of that John Off Their Deal 14 WHEN WILL I BE LOVED -Linda 33 'TIL THE WORLD ENDS-Three Dog Sega, Seeburg Call bin is then transmitted to the central Ronstadt -Capitol 4050 Night -ABC 12114 CHICAGO -Sega Enterprises, and is a manufacturer, distributor computer. If another shipment ar- 15 RHINESTONE COWBOY -Glen 34 BLOODY WELL RIGHT - Inc. has terminated an agreement in and operator of coin -operated rives the next day, the foreman can Campbell-Capitol 4095 Supertramp-A&M 1660 16 SWEARIN' TO GOD -Frankie Valli 35 ANOTHER NIGHT -Hollies -Epic 8- principle with Seeburg Industries, amusement machines and arcades, place it sequentially if he wishes, but - can put it in any other spot in the Private Stock 45201 50110 Inc., for the acquisition of certain principally in Japan. 17 I'M NOT LISA -Jessi Colter -Capitol 36 THE WAY WE WERE /TRY TO manufacturing assets of Seeburg's In May, Seeburg negotiated a $2.6 warehouse and the computer will 4009 REMEMBER- Gladys Knight & keep track the location up to subsidiary Williams Electronics, million loan after announcing a first of 18 BLACK SUPERMAN /MUHAMMAD The Pips -Buddah 463 Inc., and certain domestic and over- quarter loss of $1.8 million. eight. Theoretically, the foreman ALI- Johnny Wakelin & The 37 THAT'S THE WAY OF THE sees on his daily printout where the Kinshasha Band -Pye 71012 WORLD -Earth, Wind & Fire - seas distributing offices. Columbia 3 -10172 LPs are located and should never 19 MORNIN' - BEAUTIFUL -Tony Under the terms of the original 38 I'M ON FIRE -Dwight Twilly Band Orlando & Dawn -Elektra 45260 - agreement announced Feb. 24, Sega 3 Polka Immortals lose an album. Shelter 40380 would have assumed the liabilities On any order, the distribution 20 ROCKIN' CHAIR -Gwen McCrae- 39 THE LAST FAREWELL -Roger Honored By Assn. Cat 1996 of Williams and the acquired distri- center can check with the central ter- Whittaker -RCA 50030 21 AT SEVENTEEN -Janis Ian 40 FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE -Bad bution units, and approximately $7 MILWAUKEE - The Interna- minal and find where any product is, - Columbia 3 -10154 Company -Swan Song 70106 million of Seeburg debt. Seeburg tional Polka Assn. is honoring two how much is in stock, whether or not would have received a 20 percent living and one deceased member by the number is valid, whether it is equity position in the combined election to the Polka Hall of Fame necessary to order a number from a Sega- Williams operation, a loan of during the annual Polka Convention plant or whether it can be trans- Rack LP Best Sellers $2,250,000, and all of the 416,148 and Festival Aug. 1 -3, Red Carpet shipped from another distribution Inn, here. center and whether the customer or- r Copyright 1975, Billboard Publications, Inc No part of this publication may be reproduced, shares of Seeburg Class A Capital stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic. mechanical, Stock currently held by Gulf + Named to the honor are Harold dering a number is back ordered on photocopying. recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Western. Loesselmacher, Uln, Minn., leader that particular number. As Of 7/21/75 Sega is a majority-owned subsidi- of the Six Fat Dutchmen Orchestra On the daily printout, the fore- Compiled from selected rackjobber listings by the Record Market Research Dept. of Billboard. ary of Gulf + Western Industries, celebrating 50 years' association man should be able to tell if he needs with polka music; and Steve to reorder product, whether he has 1 CAPTAIN FANTASTIC & THE 20 STAMPEDE -Doobie Brothers - Adamozyk, Chicago, recording art- enough to hold or whether a product BROWN DIRT COWBOY -Elton Warner Bros. BS 2835 ist, musician and bandleader. Also has been released or deleted. John -MCA 2142 21 CHICAGO VIII -Columbia PC 33100 2 LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER 22 METAMORPHOSIS -Rolling [Jukebox Meetings] named to the Hall of Fame is "Our sales people used to have to - Johnny Pecon, Euclid, Ohio, who The Captain & Tennille- Stones -Abkco ANA -1 A calendar of state association convention phone in their orders in numerical A&M SP 3405 23 WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS? died last winter. He was a stylist, - dates: sequence," says Dietz. "Now they 3 VENUS AND MARS -Paul War- United Artists UA- LÁ441 -G composer, arranger, band leader Aug. 9.11, The Music & Vending Assn. of can phone it in any way they want McCartney & Wings -Capitol 24 THE HEAT IS ON -Isley Bros. -T- and innovator. 11419 Neck PZ 33536 South Dakota, North Hills Holiday Inn, Spear- and the computer puts that order in SMAS 4 HORIZON- Carpenters -A &M SP 25 FANDANGO -Z.Z. Top London PS fish, S.D.; - sequence." 4530 656 Sept. 11 -14, Florida Amusement -Music Clark To Retire The computer also tells the distri- 5 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE-Bachman- 26 HEART LIKE A WHEEL -Linda Assn., Sheraton -Towers Hotel, Orlando, Fla.; LANCASTER, Ohio- Lowell bution center if the buyer is a special Turner Overdrive -Mercury 1827 Ronstadt -Capitol ST 11358 Sept. 18 -20, West Virginia Music & Vending 6 GREATEST HITS John -MCA AN EVENING WITH JOHN Clark, president of Clarko Co. here, account, if it is an open account and -Elton 27 Assn., Heart 0 -Town Motor Hotel, Charleston, W. 2128 DENVER -RCA CPL2 -0764 is 20 in the music a variety of other statistics. Va.; retiring after years 7 GREATEST HITS -Tony Orlando & 28 HEARTS- America -Warner Bros. Sept. 19 -21, Illinois Coin Machine Operators and games industry. In the area of manufacturing, the Dawn -Arista AL 4045 BS 2852 HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN 29 I'LL PLAY FOR YOU -Seals & Assn., Lincolnshire Marriott, suburban Chicago, The operation that encompasses a computer can save Capitol time and 8 MELLOW- Olivia Newton -John- Crofts -Warner Bros. BS 2848 III.; 70 -mile radius, employs about four money by showing whether an order MCA 2133 30 STRAIGHT SHOOTER -Bad Sept. 26 -28, North Carolina Operators Assn., persons, and has about 100 juke- must be pressed or can be trans- 9 ONE OF THESE NIGHTS- Eagles- Company -Swan Song SS 8413 in 120 is Holiday Inn South, Charlotte, N.C.; boxes and games locations, shipped from another center. It au- Asylum 7E -1039 31 RED OCTOPUS- Jefferson Oct. 2 -4, Music Operators of Virginia, Howard being put up for sale in the neigh- tomatically lets the firm know when 10 CAT STEVENS' GREATEST HITS - Starship-Grunt BFL1.0999 Johnson Motor Lodge, Richmond, Va. borhood of $350,000 to $400,000. new runs are necessary on given A&M SP 4519 32 IV -Led Zeppelin- Atlantic SD 7208 merchandise and stores information 11 THAT'S THE WAY OF THE 33 PHOTOGRAPHS & MEMORIES, HIS Wind Fire GREATEST HITS -Jim Croce on what has been sold on all artists WORLD -Earth, & - - Columbia PC 33280 ABC ABCD -835 life on the label. "On a during their 12 WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE - 34 PHYSICAL GRAFFITI -Led new release we can look back over Alice Cooper- Atlantic SD 18130 Zeppelin -Swan Song 552 -200 several releases and project an initial 13 BACK HOME AGAIN -John 35 SPIRIT OF AMERICA -Beach Boys - run," says Dietz. Denver -RCA CPL1.0548 Capitol SVBB 11384 14 GREATEST HITS -John Denver - 36 MADE IN THE SHADE -Rolling The computer also prints out in- RCA CPL1 -0374 Stones -Rolling Stones COC formation as to what geographically 15 Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE 79102 is CLUB Mousekedances and Other area a product selling well in or 37 GORILLA-James Taylor- Warner Favorites- Disneyland 1362 sold well in during the past. Bros. BS 2866 16 TOMMY /ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK BEFORE "The computer also keeps what RECORDING-Polydor PD2 -9502 38 THE NEXT TEARDROP we call a bill of material for the fac- 17 ENDLESS SUMMER -Beach Boys - FALLS -Freddy Fender- ABC /Dot tory," Dietz says. "For example, the Capitol SVBB 11307 DOSD 2020 Beatles' white LP comes with four 18 IF YOU LOVE ME (LET ME 39 MELISSA -Melissa Manchester - Arista AL posters. If, by chance, we have more KNOW) -Olivia Newton -John- 4031 MCA 411 40 DISCO BABY -Van McCoy & The LPs than in stock, the com- posters 19 CUT THE CAKE -Average White Soul City Symphony -Avco AV puter tells us how many additional Band -Atlantic SD 18140 69006 posters must be manufactured" In sales, the computer provides in- DeNicola Band Tees In Trenton formation as to where product is TRENTON, N.J. -Tony DeNi- members of DeNicola's Creative selling or did sell. It also acts as a cola, drummer who played with Arts Workshop jazz band at Trenton preventative tool. Should a catalog Harry James, Charley Ventura and State College, where he teaches. UA photo LP show sudden strong sales, the other name bands, introduces his The concert is one of a summer SPACE PLUG -Gene Armond of UA Records, left, and Dan Ingram of WABC computer will trace those sales to a newly organized 15 -piece jazz band series of jazz events sponsored by the radio with cover of new War LP, whose title cut, "Why Can't We Be Friends," given area and it is generally discov- this week at a concert in Franklin city. Also set for park concerts are was probably most apropos selection included in special broadcasts piped into ered that an artist has appeared in Park sponsored by the city's Parks Apollo -Soyuz news center for transmittal to Moscow as well, where Russians the area or there has been some and Recreation Division. He assem- the bands of Benny Snyder and the were avidly taping (Billboard, July 26) during joint mission. Armond sports other special impetus. This prevents bled some of the area's best jazzmen Lamplighters, area favorites in the WABC "$25,000 Giveaway" button offer "25,000 Rubles." manufacturing over -runs. for his new band, including some jazz realm.

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38 7 THIRD RATE ROMANCE - Amazing Rhythm Aces ' 78 3 DANCE WITH ME- Orleans 1 THESE NIGHTS -The Eagles 3 10 ONE OF * (Barry "Byrd" Burton for Southern Rooster), (Charles Plotkin), 1. Hall, 1. Hall, Asylum 45261 SGC Henley, G. Frey, (Bill Szymczyk for Pandora Prod.), D. H.R. Smith, ABC 12078 WBM Asylum 45257 WBM 69 74 4 ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN 35 31 5 BLUEBIRD -Helen Reddy WORDS Chocolate Milk 2 2 12 I'M NOT IN LOVE -10 cc (Joe Wissert), L Russell, Capitol 4108 SGC - Marshall L. Harris, J. Smith Ill, (10 cc), G. Gouldman, F. Stewart, Mercury 73678 ( Phonogram) HAN (Allen Toussaint, Saban), A. T. D. M. Tie, K. Williams, 40 7 SEND IN THE CLOWNS -Judy Collins Castenell, Richards, Richards, R. Dabon, E. Dabon, RCA 10290 WBM 7 10 IO TALKIN' -Bee Gees (Aril Mardin), S. Sondheim, Elektra 45253 * Mardin), B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. Gibb, RSO 510 (Atlantic) WBM (Aril 43 6 THAT'S WHEN THE MUSIC TAKES ME -Neil Sedaka 70 53 12 HEY YOU Overdrive SGC 4 4 9 PLEASE MR. PLEASE- Olivia Newton -John (Neil Sedaka, 10C.C.), N. Sedaka, Rocket 40426 (MCA) WBM (Randy Bachman), R. Bachman, Mercury 73683 ( Phonogram) (John Farrar), Welch, Rostill, MCA 40418 HAN 44 7 RENDEZVOUS- Hudson Brothers 71 42 7 SEXY -MFS6 5 1 16 THE HUSTLE -van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony (Bernie Taupin), B. Hudson, M. Hudson, B. Hudson, (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff), K. Gamble, L Huff, (Hugo & Luigi), V. McCoy, Avco 4653 WBM B. Johnston, Rocket 40411 (MCA) SGC Philadelphia International 8 -3567 (Epic /Columbia)

8 5 SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT -Elton John 45 6 FAME -David Bowie lar 82 2 IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE - Tavares (Gus Dudgeon), E. John, B. Taupin, MCA 40421 MCA (David Bowie, Harry Maslin), D. Bowie, 1. Lennon, (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter), D. Lambert, B. Potter, Capitol 4111 Alomar, RCA 10320 B -3 ire AT ME In Moments (vini Poncia), M. Manchester, C.B. Sager, Arista 0116 HAN 46 5 LOOK (I'm Love)- (Rick Bleiweiss, Bill Stahl), R. Cook, PIP 6504 WBM (Al Goodman, Harry Ray), A. Goodman, H. Ray, W. Morris, Stang 5060 (All Platinum) SGC 8 5 10 LISTEN TO WHAT THE 85 5 SOONER OR LATER - Impressions E. Townsend, Curtom 0103 (Warner Bros.) MAN SAID -Paul McCartney & Wings 50 7 (Shu- Doo -Pa- Poo -Popp), (Ed Townsend), (Paul McCartney), P. McCartney, Capitol 4091 HAN * LOVE BEING YOUR FOOL- Travis Womack 87 2 LET ME MAKE LOVE TO YOU- Whys (Rick Hall), J. Williams Jr., C. Whitehead, Capricorn 0239 (Warner Bros.) 9 10 12 ROCKIN' CHAIR -Gwen McCrae (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff), B. Sigler, A. Felder, Philadelphia International 8 -3573 (Epic/Columbia) (Steve Alaimo, Willie Clarke, Clarence Reid), 49 5 HOPE THAT WE CAN BE TOGETHER C. Reid, W. Clarke, Cat 1996 (TK) SGC * SOON- Sharon Page & Harold Melvin SOLITAIRE - Carpenters 10 11 17 DYNOMITE- Bazuka (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff), K. Gamble, L. Huff, (Richard Carpenter), N. Sedaka, P. Cody, A &M 1721 WBM (Tony Camillo), T. Camillo, A &M 1666 SGC Philadelphia International 8 -3569 (Epic /Columbia) BB SWEET MAXINE- Doobie Brothers chocolate 43 28 10 DISCO QUEEN-Hot . 11 12 15 THE WAY WE WERE /TRY TO Q 1 (Ted Templeton), P. Simmons, T. Johnston, Warner Bros 8126 WBM (Mickie Most), T. Brown, E. Wilson, Big Tree 16038 (Atlantic) SGC REMEMBER Gladys Knight & The Pips - RUN JOEY RUN -David Geddes (Ralph Moss), M. Hamlisch, A. Bergman, M. Bergman /H. 54 4 HELP Mt RHONDA - Johnny Rivers (Paul Vance), PJ. Vance, P. Cone, Big Tree 16044 (Atlantic) HAN Schmidt, T. Jones, Buddah 463 SGC /CHA (Johnny Rivers), B. Wilson, Epic 8 -50121 (Columbia) ALM

' Dog Night 89 3 ROCKY- Austin Roberts 14 14 WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS? -war 52 5 'TIL THE WORLD ENDS -Three (Bob Montgomery), 1. Stevens, Private Stock 45020 * Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Howard Scott), S. Allen, H. Brown, M. (Jimmy lenner), Bob Monaco, ABC 12114 MCA (Jerry L. H. J. ' Dickerson,tedson, Jordan, C. Miller, Oskar, Scott, Goldstein, ' Simon 2 WATERFALL -Carly United ArtistsArtist s 629 46 23 18 MAGIC -Pilot 80 84 (), Paton, Lyall, EMI 3992 (Capitol) SGC (Richard Perry), C. Simon, Elektra 45263 WBM 15 12 ROCKFORD FILES -Mike Post 58 3 TUSH Topp Post), M. Post, P. Carpenter, MGM 14772 MCA -u I BELIEVE I'M GONNA LOVE YOU -Frank Sinatra (Bill Ham), Gibbons, Hill, Beard, London 220 HAN (Snuff Garrett), G. Sklerov, H. Lloyd, Reprise 1335 (Warner Bros.) HAN 10 RHINESTONE COWBOY -Glen Campbell 16 48 48 5 OH ME, OH MY (Dreams In My Arms) -AI Green (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter), L. Weiss, Capitol 4095 SGC 82 88 2 ROCK & ROLL RUNAWAY -Ace (Willie Mitchell), W. Mitchell, A. Green, M. (John Anthony), A.B. King, P. Harris, P. Carrack, T. Comer, Hodges, Hi 2288 (London) SGC 17 7 HOW SWEET IT IS (To Be Loved By Anchor 21002 (ABC) -James Taylor 57 7 BLACK SUPERMAN/ You) 83 72 9 SNEAKIN' UP BEHIND YOU -The Brecker Brothers (Lenny Waronker, Russ Titelman), Holland-Dozier-Holland, T( MUHAMMAD ALI- Johnny Wakelin & The Kinshasa Band (), D. Gralnick, W. Lee, D. Sanborn, R. Brecker, Warner Bros. 8109 SGC (RobinRobin Blanchflower ), 1. Wakelin, % a 71012 (ATV) HAN M. Brecker, Arista 0122 15 I'M ON FIRE Band 18 - 50 26 15 MISTY -Ray Stevens $4 86 5 PLEASE TELL HIM THAT (Oister), D. Twilley, Shelter 40380 (MCA) SGC (Ray Stevens), E. Garner, 1. Burke, Barnaby 614 (Chess/Janus) SGC I SAID HELLO - Debbi Campbell 17 13 16 LOVE WILL KEEP US (Andy Di Martino), Shepstone, Dibbens, Playboy 6037 51 56 4 GLASSHOUSE -Temptations TOGETHER -The Tennde (Jeffrey Bowen, Berry Gordy), Charlemagne, Gordy 7144 (Motown) SGC FLYING HIGH-Blackbyrds (The Captain), N. Sedaka, H. Greenfield, A &M 1672 WBM A (Donald Byrd), K. Killgo, Fantasy 747 HAN 59 5 BIGGEST PARAKEETS IN TOWN -Jet Strunk 20 7 MORNIN' BEAUTIFUL -Tony Orlando &Dawn (Mike Curb, Don Costa), C. Drew, J. Strunk, I LOPE MAKIN LOVE TO YOU -Fuie Sands (Hank Medress, Dave Appell for Medress- Appell Prod.), Melodyland 6015 (Motown) B-3 VV (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter), B. Weisman, E. Sands, R. Germinaro, 0. Appell, S. Linter, Elektra 45260 HAN Haven 7013 (Capitol) 53 21 19 WILDFIRE - Michael Murphey 19 19 10 EVERY TIME YOU TOUCH ME (Bob Johnston), M. Murphey, L Cansler, Epic 8 -50084 (Columbia) WBM 97 2 KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE SPARROW -Merry Clayton Charlie Rich (I Get High) - 64 3 TWO FINE PEOPLE -cat Stevens (Eugene McDaniels), D. Grusin, M. Ames, Ode 66110 (HAM) MCA (Billy Sherrill), B. Sherrill, C. Rich, * (Cat Stevens), C. Stevens, A &M 1700 Epic 8-50103 (Columbia) SGC tr 1=0 BRAZIL, Ritchie FamilyCy 66 3 DAISY JANE - America (1. Morali), A. Barroso, 20th Century 2218 it, 22 13 SLIPPERY WHEN WET - Commodores (George Martin), Beckley, Warner Bros. 8118 WBM (James Carmichael, Commodores), T. McClary, Commodores, LIKE THEY SAY IN L.A. -East LA. Car Pool Motown 1338 SGC 7 Morris Albert 56 62 FEELINGS- (lack J. Gold), J. Rush, GRC 2064 (Morris Albert), M. Albert, RCA 10279 SGC TO Frankie Valli 21 6 12 SWEARIN' GOD- 90 90 3 LIFE AND DEATH IN G &A- (Bob Crewe), B. Crewe, D. Randall, Private Stock 45021 SGC 67 4 BLUE SKY -loan Baez Love Childs Afro Cuban Blues Band (David Kershnebaum), R. Betts, A &M 1703 WBM (Jerry Love, Michael as S. Stewart, Roulette 7172 ,r 1 Bros. 24 7 FIGHT THE POWER Pt. -Islay W Isle,, Isle,, Isle,, Islet', R. Islay, Jasper), E. M. Islet', 68 2 I BELIEVE THERE'S NOTHING STRONGER 91 95 2 ALVIN STONE R. lsley, 0.O. Islet', R. Islet', C. Jasper, T -Neck 8-2256B -2256 (Epic/Columbia)(Epic/Columba) THAN OUR LOVE-Paul Anka & Odia Coates Fantastic Four (Rick Hall), P. 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2 3 8 THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE 37 37 23 HAROLD MELVIN & 82 20 DAVID BOWIE Love Will Keep Us Together THE BLUENOTES Young Americans MM SP 3405 5.98 698 698 To Be True Featuring RCA APLI -0998 699 7.95 7.95 Theodore Pendegraff 7 8 ISLEY BROS. Philadelphia International R2 33148 3 BILLY PRESTON The Heat Is On Featuring (Epic /Columbia) 5.98 7.98 7.93 It's My Pleasure Fight The Power MA SP 4532 698 7.98 7.96 46 8 JACKSON 5 T -Neck P2 33536 (Epic /Columbia) 7.93 7.98 7.98 7.96 Moving Violation 74 74 6 BILLY COBHAM 4 4 9 ELTON JOHN Motown M6.829 S1 698 7.98 7.96 Shabazz Atlantic SD 18139 698 7.97 7.97 Captain Fantastic & 39 27 22 GROVER WASHINGTON JR. The Brown Dirt Cowboy Mister Magic 188 2 MUSIC FROM THE ORIGINAL MCA 2142 6.98 7.95 7.96 Nudu KU -20 SI (Motown) 698 7.93 7.98 7.98 MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRA 5 2 8 PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS 51 3 FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS Venus And Mars OF INVENTION MCA 2087 693 7.98 7.98 Capitol SMAS 11419 698 738 7.96 7.98 One Size Fits All 76 49 13 ELVIN BISHOP DiscReet DS 2216 Warner Bros.) 69e 7.97 7.97 6 5 6 AVERAGE WHITE BAND Juke Joint Jump Cut The Cake 52 55 BEACH BOYS Capricorn CP 0151 Warner Bros.) 696 7.97 7.97 Atlantic SD 18140 693 7.97 7.97 Endless Summer 77 57 14 THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER Capitol SVBB 11307 691 7.96 7.98 7 6 7 ROWNG STONES Atlantic SD 18133 69e 7.97 7.97 8 POINTER Made In The Shade 53 SISTERS 88 7 HUBERT LAWS Rolling Stones COC 79102 (Atlantic) 7.97 7.97 Steppin' The Chicago Theme ABC /Blue Thumb BTSO 6021 7.95 7.95 W CTI 6058 51 (Motown) 693 7.93 7.93 8 9 10 JAMES TAYLOR 43 36 16 FREDDY FENDER Gorilla 79 67 19 FUNNY LADY/ORIGINAL Before The Next Warner Bros. BS 2866 698 7.98 7.97 697 7.97 SOUNDTRACK RECORDING Teardrop Falls Barbra Streisand 9 8 21 EARTH WIND & FIRE ABC /Dot DOSD 2020 696 7.95 7.95 Arista AL 9004 7.93 495 695 That's The Way Of The World 44 44 8 MFSB Columbia PC 332 80 690 7.98 7.98 7.98 7.93 B.T. EXPRESS Universal Love NEO 80 fatal Non -Stop 16 4 CAT STEVENS GREATEST HITS Philadelphia International NZ 33158 Ruadshow RS 41001 (Scepter) 696 7 7.98 ABM SP 4519 69e 7.98 7.96 (Epic /Columbia) 693 7.96 7.93 81 71 9 WEATHER REPORT 35 3 JEFFERSON STARSHIP 45 39 7 SOUTHEI._HILLMAN, FURRY BAND Tale Spinnin' Red Octopus Columbia PC 33417 698 7.98 7.98 7.96 7.98 Grunt BFLI 0999 (RCA) 698 693 7.95 7.95 7.95 Trouble In Paradise Asylum 7Eá036 698 698 7.97 7.97 7.97 82 79 16 SMOI(EY ROBINSON 14 20 JANIS IAN 34 9 PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE A Quiet Storm Between The Lines Tamla T6-337 51 (Motown) 698 7.93 7.98 Two Lane Highway Columbia PC 33394 696 7.96 7.96 RCA APLI -0933 693 7.95 7.95 83 72 14 THE WIZ/ORIGINAL 13 THE CARPENTERS 6 59 4 HELEN REDDY CAST RECORDING Horizon The No Way To Treat A Lady Super Soul Musical ABM SP 4530 698 7.96 7.98 Capitol ST 11418 Eri 7.98 7.91 "Wonderful Wizard Of or Atlantic SD 18137 693 7.97 7.97 19 5 WAR 48 45 14 DISCO TEX & Why Can't We Be Friends? THE SEX-O- LETTES 84 83114 CARLY SIMON United Artists UA-LM41 -G 696 7.98 7.96 Chelsea CHL 505 698 7.98 7.93 Playing Possum Elekha 7E-1033 698 7.33 7.97 697 7.97 17 16 10 Cc 49 32 24 MICHAEL MURPHEY The Original Soundtrack Blue Sky Night Thunder 85 85 16 BAD COMPANY Mercury SRM-1.1029 (Phonogram) 698 7.95 7.95 Epic NE 33290 (Columbia) 5.96 698 698 Straight Shooter Swan Song SS 8413 (Atlantic) 693 7.97 7.97 16 10 7 ROWNG STONES 61 3 GOOD VIBRATIONS -BEST OF Metamorphosis 97 7 THREE DOG NIGHT Coming Down Your Way Abkco ANA-1 (London) 693 7.96 7.11 Reprise /Brother MS 2223 (Warner Bros.) 698 7.97 7.97 ABC ABC' 888 698 7.95 7.95 735 2 BOB DYLAN & THE BAND 63 19 FRANKIE YAW 87 8 STYUSTICS The Basement Tapes Closeup W Thank You Baby Columbia C2 33682 9.98 9.91 9.91 Private Stock PS 2000 691 7.95 7.95 Avco AV 69008 696 7.96 7.91 62 3 GLADYS KNIGHT & THE MPS 7 ISAAC HAYES * 88 91 19 PETER FRAMPTON I Feel A Song Chocolate Chip Frampton Hot Buttered Soul ABCD 874 (ABC) 7.95 7.95 Buddah BDS 5612 691 7.95 7.95 7.95 MM SP 4512 691 7.91 7.93 81 7 BEE GEES 21 5 STEPHEN STILLS 89 75 11 THE MONTY PYTHON MATCHING Stills tf Main Course RSO SO 4807 (Atlantic) 698 7.97 7.97 TIE & HANDKERCHIEF Columbia PC 33515 696 7.91 7.98 kola AL 4039 695 7.95 7.95 54 41 20 ALICE COOPER 12 ZZ TOP Welcome To My Nightmare 90 95 10 PILOT Fandango Atlantic SD 18130 696 7.97 7.97 Capitol ST 11368 698 London PS 656 6.98 7.95 7.95 7.95 66 24 OUVIA NEWTON -JOHN 91 73 19 MAJOR HARRIS 23 15 AEROSMITH Have You Never Been Mellow My Way Toys In The Attic * Atlantic SD 18119 631 7.97 7.97 MCA 2133 696 7.98 7.95 Columbia PC 33479 691 7.98 7.98 7.98 7.9$ 56 56 58 JOHN DENVER 92 78 18 AMERICA 22 11 12 JOAN BAEZ Back Home Again Hearts Diamonds & Rust RCA CPL I-0548 698 7.95 7.95 Warner Bros. 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HOOK Sedaka's Back Bankrupt Rochet 463 (MCA) 735 731 154 119 16 KISS Capitol S? 11397 LA 7A 731 Dressed To Kill 132 2 SWEET Casablanca WO 7016 114 7.91 731 187 187 3 TEN YEARS AFTER lllt Desolation Boulevard Goin' Home /Their Greatest Hits 155 115 14 LEON RUSSELL Capitol ST 11395 6.A 731 Demur DES 18072 (London) 6.N 735 7.95 Will O' The Wisp 123 103 21 LED ZEPPEUN Shelter SR 2138 (MCA) 731 7M MONTY PYTHON'S Physical Graffiti FLYING CIRCUS Swan Sang 552 -200 (Atlantic) 11.14 13.97 13.97 156 114 19 DONALD BYRD Stepping Into Tomorrow Pye 12116 6.N 735 738 136 4 ROWNG * STONES Blue Note IN-18368-G KEITH JARRETT Hot Rocks 1964 -71 (United Mists) LA 7-N 135 London 2PS 6067 IL% ILA =0 El Juicio (The Judgement) 168 4 THE MOMENTS Mantic SD 1673 IN 7.97 737 125 125 12 IAN HUNTER Look At Me 190 111 10 GEORGE DUKE Columbia PC 33480 IN 7.91 7A Stang ST 1026 (All Platinum) 63/ The Aura Will Prevail 137 6 GWEN McCRAE * 169 10 JIMMY "JJ" WALKER BASF /MPS MC 25613 IN 7.91 731 Rockin' Chair '1 Dyn -O -Mite Cal 2605 (TK) LA 7-N 7M Buddab BDS 5634 LN 735 735 191 TIM MOORE Behind The Eyes 127 130 3 RONNIE WOOD 159 167 5 MARLENA SHAW Asylum 7E 1042 LA 737 7.97 Now Look Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? Warner Bros. LS 2872 6.91 7.97 737 Blue Note 59-IA397 (United Mists) IN 7-A 192 URIAR HEEP Columbia KC 33442 5.911 6.91 6.91 171 3 THE EAGLES Return To Fantasy Asylum SD 5054 LA SA 7.97 737 737 193 113 14 BEN E. KING Warner Bros. BS 2869 L% 737 737 Supernatural 161 155 226 CAROLE KING 129 134 6 MERLE HAGGARD Atlantic SD 18132 737 Keep Movin' On Tapestry Ode SP 77009 (ARM) 1N 731 7-N 7-% Capitol ST 11365 LA 7A 194 196 2 THE BEST OF MANDRILL 172 3 CAMEL Polydor PD 6047 731 7M 140 5 SUDE The Snow Goose Slade In Flame 195 126 21 TOM SCOTT & LA. EXPRESS Janus 1X5 7016 (Chess /Janus) L% 7.15 Warner Bros BS 2865 737 737 Tom Cat 174 3 FREDDIE HUBBARD Ode SP 77029 (AIM) 736 131 138 2 NANCY WILSON LA Liquid Love Come Get To This Columbia PC 33556 IN 738 7M 196 Capitol ST 11386 LN 735 7.% Make The World Go Away 164 164 4 BATDORF L RODNEY 142 4 EAGLES Cola M3G 4996 (MGM) IA 7.N 1Ct( Desperado Life Is You Arista AL 4041 735 735 197 129 20 RIM HENDRIX Asylum SD 5068 631 IN 7.97 7.97 737 IN Crash Landing 165 165 5 ROGER McGUINN L BAND 145 6 BOB MARLEY 8 THE WAILERS Reprise MS 2204 (Warner Bros.) 6.91 7.97 7-97 Natty Dread Columbia PC 33541 IN 7.% 7.95 198 163 22 KOOL & THE GANG Island ALPS 9281 L% 7.N 182 2 MIWE JACKSON * Greatest Hits Still Caught Up =70BARRY MALLOW De-Lite DEP 2015 (11P) 6.91 731 736 Spring SPR 6708 (Polydor) 6.% 731 738 Arista AL 4007 LA 7.96 735 177 3 FUNKADELJC 199 197 17 BARRY SMITE * A.E.OTime. SPEEDWAGO N Let's Take It To The Just Another Way To This We Mean It W( Stage 20th Century/Westbound W 215 731 735 Say I Love You Epic PE 33338 (Columbia) 6.N 73$ 7M IN 20th Century T 466 6.91 7.911 178 4 LOVE CHILDS AFRO 146 3 JOE SIMON CUBAN BAND 200 200 61 OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN MY Get Down Yil BLUES Out Among Em If You Love Me Let Me Know Spring SPR 6706 (Polydor) 691 7M 7M Roulette SR 3016 6.98 MCA 411 736 Judy Collins 26 Ian Hunter 125 Melissa Manchester 24 Rare Earth 59 Stylistics 87, 100 Jessi Cotter 96 Millie acitson 166 Mandril 194 Helen Reddy 47 Suprernes 152 TOP LPs &TAPE Commodores 33 Jackson 5 38 Chuck Mangione 143 Charlie Rich 58 Sweet 122 Alice Cooper 54 Jefferson Stars* 11 Manhattan Transfer 77 Minnie Riperton 29 Synergy 113 Charlie Daniels 140 Janis lan 12 Herbie Mann 115 Smokey Robinson 82 James Taylor 8 Ace 139 Mac Davis 64 Isley Brothers 3 Curtis Mayfield 141 Rolling Stones , 16, 124 Temptations 97 Aerosmith 21 John Denver 56, 63, 67 Keith Jarrett 189 Harold Melvin 37 Linda Ronstadt 117 10 C C 15 Ambrosia 31 Disco Gold 175 Waylon Jennings 66 MFSB 44 Leon Russell 155 Ten Years After 187 America 92 Disco Tex &Sex.0.Lettes 48 Elton John 4,149 The Moments 157 Tom Scott 195 Three Degrees 99 Paul Anka 145 Doobie Brothers 34 Jerry Jordan 109 Tim Moore 191 Earl Scruggs Revue 114 Three Bog Night 196 Average White Band 6 George Duke 190 KC & The Sunshine Bond 144 Monty Python 89 B.T. 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Continued from page 1 as Tangerine Dream (now on Vir- Insidelrock Germany, and for tapes, its mostly gin), Wallenstein and Ashra Tern- Warner Bros. exec Bob Krasnow's current top project gram. So far Owens has cut some TV and radio public Philips' classical 8- tracks. pel. He notes that the amount of pop is exploring the setup of a WB jazz line. He just hopped service announcements. At both Peters International here, quad released in Europe is minus- to the Montreaux Jazz Festival from New York. Kras- Fantasy/Prestige /Milestone has signed agreements for classical, and JEM in South cule, but demand here is forcing the now did well with the Crusaderoand other crossover jazz with two different distributors. Action Music Sales, Inc. Plainfield, N.J., for rock, their major top groups there to get more in- artists on his independent Blue Thumb label. will handle all three labels in the Cleveland area while quad outlets- mostly the larger volved. Henry Okun, veteran record promotion man, is recov- Mangold /Bertos in Charlotte, N.C., will work all three chains that will take the largest selec- At King Karol here, Ben Karol ering from a slight stroke at New York's St. Clare Hos- labels in North and South Carolina.... Laurence Rosen- tions -have staunch clienteles that makes the point that he is being of- pital and expects to be back in action soon.... Kris & thal will compose the score for Quinn Martin Produc- are looking for anything new in fered RCA and WEA Quadradiscs Rita headline United Farm Workers' benefit at Sonoma tions' "A Home Of Our Own" CBS -TV special. You can quad. shipped abroad for the European State Univ. in Northern California. now get bluegrass as well as beer at Busch Gardens in Max Schaffner at Peters, probably market, through a major cutout Martin Mull's TV prime -time network debut is being Los Angeles. The Bluegrass Cardinals will play every the biggest quad importer in the house at lower prices (including taped for Cher's fall season. ... Morning Sun Produc- day but Friday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. for 30 minutes. U.S., notes that whenever a new 4- shipping costs) than the same titles tions grossed $80,000 with the first rock show at San Joe Fields, Muse Records head, and Ed Chalpin, prexy channel disk or tape is available, it still active in the U.S. catalogs. "It's Jose's Spartan Stadium as Boz Scaggs, the Pointer Sis- of PPX Enterprises, visiting licensees in England, goes in "The Grapevine," the firm's very complicated and quite confus- ters, Elvin Bishop, Cold Blood and Pablo Cruise drew France, Germany, Denmark, Holland and Sweden... . 9 to 10 -times yearly catalog, with at ing, but we buy when the price is 13,000. America in second phase of their U.S. tour. The WB art- least 15 titles in the newest issue. right," he says. Most imports -EMI/ Lalo Schifrin scored Billy Jack's autumn film, "The ists just completed $1.5 million- grossing tour, it's re- Dealers are used to looking for the Electrola, Odeon, Philips -are Master Gunfighter." ... Monty Python's Hying Circus, ported. They tour England and Europe beginning Sept. quad codes, often well hidden, par- priced from $6.80 to $7.49. Proctor & Bergman, the Credibility Gap and Steve Mar- 18. ... Michel Legrand moves from composing to film, ticularly by the French. He regularly buys from both Pe- tin will all take part in Sherwood Oaks Experimental directing "Blind Love," movie to be adopted from Among the best import quad out- ters and JEM, noting "we've got College satire seminar this month in Hollywood. French runaway best -selling book. lets are Sam Goody, King Karol and quite a few customers who want Merle Rose, veteran Chicago retailer and more Legend Records Trooper played first New York area the Discophile here in New York; anything in quad, particularly recently in the cutouts and surplus business, is back at date at Nassau Coliseum as openers for Bachman- Turner Rose Records in Chicago; Vogue tapes." Dave Minton, who handles work following a heart attack suffered at the recent Overdrive.... Gov. Milton Shapp presented a citation to Records and Phil Harris Records in Karol's tape business, gets most of NARM meet in Philadelphia. ... Billboard was beaten Third Stream for their concert for the Vietnamese refu- Los Angeles, and Jordan Marsh in his imports, particularly the Philips' badly by ABC Records in a softball game in Encino.... gees at Ft. Indiantown Gap. ... Ex- Jimmie Lunceford Minneapolis, Schaffner says. classical cartridges, from local dis- Gwen Kessler, longtime executive in Atlanta indie label band member Sy Oliver has re-created the sound of for- tributors. But he emphasizes that the distributing, who recently opened her own Tara Dist. A spokesman at JEM, the biggest mer boss in form of small ensemble. Opening -night au- demand, though growing, is far from there, lost her mother, two sisters and a niece and ne- importer of rock in the States, says dience at Rainbow Room, New York, included big -band overwhelming. phew in an auto accident last week. their major outlets for the limited leader Sammy Kaye and poet Nikki Giovanni.... Felix Rufus lead singer Chaka Khan broke her arm recently European product available include At Sam Goody's Rockefeller Cen- Cavaliere, formerly of the Rascals, is planning a concert ter store where the downstairs Quad in an auto accident. Rufus opened for the Stones in Den- the Stark chain (Treasure Island, tour. ... Bluesman Robert Jr. Lockwood will be on the demo room disk bins have been ex- ver and Chaka was on her way home from the show Camelot), Korvettes and J.L. Marsh. West Coast to play selected dates including the Monte- panded, there's a certain clientele when the car she was driving overturned. She's doing rey Jazz Festival. He will be joined in his tour by har- Top sellers have been Nektar's "Re- that's "really interested in getting fine now. ... John Mayall, one of Britain's blues pio- monica man Big Walter Sorton and pianist Sunnyland member The Future" only released their hands on import quads." But neers, goes to work with American musical legend Allen Slim. ... Thimble Records is planning to give a major on Bacillus in SQ, although the record manager Bob Crevani notes Toussaint shortly. Allen will produce Mayall's next LP. push to its new LP "Gene Corman," especially in the will in group's next release be QS at that they've been cutting back on . Bob Gibson, one of the major names in folk music Philadelphia market. JEM's suggestion, and LPs from stuff that doesn't move, although history, is back in action again via a mail -order label While in New York, songstress Esther Phillips visited Omega (Hungary) and Karthago they do try to stock all new imports dubbed Legend Enterprises. Gibson and the label are lo- the author of her new single, "What A Difference A Day (Germany). available. Sometimes they can't fill cated in Chicago, where Bob is director of special events Makes." The writer of that tune just turns out to be As exclusive importers of the Cos- requests from Peters, German News, at the Old Town School of Folk Music. ASCAP boss Stanley Adams.... Distributors swamped mic Couriers' German SQ quad line, or Apon (Hungarian /Czech prod- Among other things, the astronauts listened to Chi- rackjobbers 36 to 9 in a softball game at the third annual they have about 30 titles in the cata- uct) but virtually all product is clas- cago's "Wake Up Sunshine" from the "Chicago II" LP outdoor bash run by the New England and Tape Dis- log, including such leading groups sical. Most retails at $6.99, including on their flight last week.... Keith Christmas has changed tributors at Rehobeth, Mass., July 14. Event was spon- the Angel "quiet quads" mastered in his base of operations from Britain to Los Angeles, at sored by Ruby Zeidman, owner of Rhody Records in SQ by EMI abroad but distributed least temporarily.... Black Sabbath, who are preparing Providence, R.I.... Chris Beanie has juot bought an op- Ratso's, Chicago, by Capitol here with no quad cover to release their first LP in two years, will be working with tion on a brand new rock opera ailed "Plymouth." He label. Mark Forster of Premier Talent. sponsored a special one -shot concert presentation Fri- c Expands Room, Acts Claiming to be the only U.S. im- Slade, still one of the hottest bands in England, report- day (1) just to give record companies and theater buyers porter of JVC Quadradiscs from Ja- edly received more fan mail following their recent radio a chance to see it. ... Bobby Vinton will star in his own CHICAGO -With an expanded pan not issued here by RCA is the "live" broadcast on the "King Biscuit Flower Hour" variety and entertainment series on CBS in Fall. ... menu and seating capacity (160 to Zen Oriental Bookstore next to Car- than any other act in the show's two- and -a- half -year his- F.O.R.E. (Fraternity of Recording Executives) had its 290), Ratso's is also expanding its negie Hall. Ms. Toshi Kodama, vice tory. fourth annual disco party and honored Van McCoy... . music to include prominent talent, president and manager, notes they Guy Mitchell, one of the major hitmakers of the '50s, is The Manhattan Transfer premieres its show Aug. 10 on with a $3.50 cover. maximum have a hard time keeping up with back in action again with his first release in nearly a dec- CBS and first week guests are Bob Marley and the On the schedule for the coming demand, and are awaiting a new ade. The single, "I'm Broke But Not Busted," is already Wailers. months are Gato Barbieri, Junior shipment to refill a virtually emptied receiving airplay in the Los Angeles area and is released London Records is planning a major push on the solo Wells, Harvey Mandel, Bill Quate- stock of much of the JVC catalog. on Mitchell's own label.... Dennis Lambert and Brian album "From Mighty Oaks" by the Moody Blues' Ray man, Von and George Freeman, Most titles retail for $9.50, with dis- Potter set to handle the lyrics for the theme song of Rob- Thomas. Thomas will visit Los Angeles, San Francisco, Cannonball Adderley, Esther Phil- counts available to a growing num- ert Radnitz' next film, "Birch Interval." Leonard Ro- Montreal and New York to promote the LP with press lips, Olympia Brass Band and Stan- ber of NC hardware dealers who seman cleffed the music for the song, dubbed "Love and radio interviews. ... Pilot has now become a four- ley Turrentine, for a cabaret, jazz buy a variety of demo disks. A sec- Isn't Far From Home." some with the addition of Ian Bairnson on lead guitar. and soft rock sound in the newly ex- ond Zen location will open soon on wife Ray Manzarek has a new band set. The ex- Doors' key - ... Anne Murray, now the of television producer panded showcase room, owner Bob Fifth Ave., she reports. boardist, who has already enjoyed several successful solo Bill Langstroth, has taken a honeymoon and returned to Briggs states. Ray Townley is talent At Rose Records in Chicago, Jim LPs, will be hitting the road with guitarist Paul Warren, touring.... Grove Press will publish Anthony Pawcett's coordinator. Rose and Frank Lord say they do get upcoming book on John Lennon, "One Day At A Time." whatever Peters has available in im- drummer Gary Mallaher and bassist Nigel Harrison. port quads, "but we can't say it's fly- Manzarek will showcase the new group at Los Angeles' ... Steve Metz of Steve Metz Ltd. has made an agree- ing out the door." They do move the Starwood shortly. ... Country star Buck Owens named ment with Gooff Davie of IPA in England, whereby he will in Brit- limited pop imports, such as Pink entertainment industry spokesman for the California book some American acts for concerts Great Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon" Dept. of Fish And Game's Nongame Conservation pro- ain. Upcoming tours include Exciters and ink Spots. on EMI /Capitol and Mike Old - field's "Tubular Bells" on Virgin/ Warner, but the Angel SQ LPs are filed with the stereo product. Most of Lerner Lawsuit the quad imports sell at $6.35 or New Companies $7.18, depending on dealer cost. In a Vogue Records in Los Angeles, Settlement Cowtown Records has been the label is Mr. Cix group with "You with a claim as Southern Califor- NEW YORK - Lyricist Alan Jay nia's biggest classical dealer, has formed in Kansas City, Mo. by Stan Can Do That Swang, Young Lerner's $1.5 million suit against Plesser and Paul Peterson, heads of Thang." some imports in stock- actually the Kirshner Entertainment, seeking the quad bin has a prime location just Cowtown Productions and Good * * * voiding of a contract, in which Ler- Karma Co. They manage the Ozark inside the door -but manager Sher- Rush Music in the New ner assigned rights to several music Mountain Daredevils and Brewer & Sudden wood Bader says the only imports productions over to Kirshner, has York (Bronx) has incorporated as a that really sell "are those that are Shipley. First Cowtown release is been settled out of court. Danny Cox's "Keep Your Hands music publisher and production only available in quad." The local in is Kirshner retains all rights and Off It," with Norbert Putnam pro- company and, addition, launch- salesmen just don't push it, although ing a writer development program. the Peters rep stops in every two properties in the initial agreement ducing. Records will initially Sudden Rush has long operated a ABC Leisure photo weeks "and we order three to eight and will purchase Lerner's 152,000 Cowtown in the Mis- popular 4 -track recording studio. BO MEETS BOA -ABC artist Bo cartons, including most of their new shares of stock for an undisclosed distribute independently amount. souri area while seeking a custom la- * * * Donaldson (of Bo & The Heywoods), quad selections." Most import 4- bel deal with one of the majors. makes friends with a boa at The channel product sells from $6.29 to Lerner had acquired $1 million Concert promoters De Brunette Wildlife Preserve, ABC Leisure ani- $6.98, "but quad just ain't there," he worth of Kirshner stock in 1969 in * * * and Howard Capp have formed mal park in Largo, Md., where group says. "It's probably less than 1 per exchange for his rights to his works Brunette Productions, San Jose, kicked off its Wide World of Enter- cent of our business, but what there such as "On A Clear Day You Can Haze Records has been founded Calif. An Evening With Donovan at tainment series. July 10 proceeds is, probably 75 percent is classical, See Forever," "My Fair Lady," in Hollywood by B. 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